Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qua, 2006-06-21 às 23:41 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qua, 2006-06-21 Ã s 22:24 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Try explaining what's wrong with Wallace's argument on injury. Can you? Where's WallaceOS? Where can I buy it? Where can I

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qui, 2006-06-22 às 01:26 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Many contracts don't require signing. Google manifestation of assent. One accepts the GPL contract by exercising exclusive right(s) granted under it. But the GNU GPL is a Copyright *license* not a contract. *licenses* are bound by

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qui, 2006-06-22 às 07:54 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra escreveu: Qua, 2006-06-21 às 23:41 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qua, 2006-06-21 Ã s 22:24 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Try explaining what's wrong with Wallace's argument on injury.

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Then there is no predatory pricing since RedHat is not selling below cost at all. RedHat sells support, delivery, and maintenance contracts

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Why doesn't Daniel attack OpenBSD? Or Dragonfly BSD? Or FreeBSD? He doesn't attack the BSD because the BSD license terms don't contain any price-fixing provisions. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qui, 2006-06-22 Ã s 01:26 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Many contracts don't require signing. Google manifestation of assent. One accepts the GPL contract by exercising exclusive right(s) granted under it. But the GNU GPL is a Copyright *license*

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qui, 2006-06-22 Ã s 01:26 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Many contracts don't require signing. Google manifestation of assent. One accepts the GPL contract by exercising exclusive right(s) granted under it.

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] telnet www.danwal.com 80 Now try telephone. This is so going to convince a court that Wallace actually attempts to sell something. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] I don't see anything like RedHat IP -- $0 listed on their page. In You can't find the GPL (IP -- $0) and all sort of GPL'd stuff on their page? Very interesting. fact, they retain their IP and don't give their copyright away. They Outright transfers of title in

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qui, 2006-06-22 Ã s 01:26 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Many contracts don't require signing. Google manifestation of assent. One accepts the GPL contract by exercising

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Why doesn't Daniel attack OpenBSD? Or Dragonfly BSD? Or FreeBSD? He doesn't attack the BSD because the BSD license terms don't contain any price-fixing provisions. But they

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Why doesn't Daniel attack OpenBSD? Or Dragonfly BSD? Or FreeBSD? He doesn't attack the BSD because the BSD license terms don't contain any price-fixing provisions. Neither does the GNU GPL; infact, it contains terms that protect the right to charge a

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] I don't see anything like RedHat IP -- $0 listed on their page. In You can't find the GPL (IP -- $0) and all sort of GPL'd stuff on their page? Very interesting. fact, they retain their IP and don't give their

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Why doesn't Daniel attack OpenBSD? Or Dragonfly BSD? Or FreeBSD? He doesn't attack the BSD because the BSD license terms don't

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] And once again you attempt to misinterpret Wallace's case. Well, he _has_ no case, remember? That's what the court finally rules Both courts ruled (and erred) on the issue of injury (standing). It's the same legal situation as with a case asserting patent

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] And once again you attempt to misinterpret Wallace's case. Well, he _has_ no case, remember? That's what the court finally rules Both courts ruled (and erred) on the issue of injury (standing). Of course, everyone

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] But RedHat does not sell its copyright, it merely licenses copies of RedHat licenses IP rights in (GPL'd) WORKS. RedHat doesn't licenses copies (of GPL'd works). the copyrighted material. The intangible intellectual property assets remain in the possession of

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] But licenses are bound to particular physical copies. This is the The GPL license is bound to intangible WORK, not particular physical copies. Stupid. Oh, back against the wall so soon again? I am afraid you are wrong here. If you weren't, there could be

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] But RedHat does not sell its copyright, it merely licenses copies of RedHat licenses IP rights in (GPL'd) WORKS. RedHat doesn't licenses copies (of GPL'd works). the copyrighted material. The intangible intellectual

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: And you just keep misinterpreting his case and persistently fail to address his arguments. We all are misinterpreting his case, including the judges. Judges can err. Well, Judge Tinder actually performed not entirely bad before he got drunk. As for you,

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qui, 2006-06-22 às 15:29 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: David Kastrup wrote: [...] To quote Hollaar (http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise2.html) http://groups.google.com/group/misc.legal.computing/msg/3cf3e9ee08d2837b A quote which does nothing to establish the

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] telnet www.danwal.com 80 Now try telephone. This is so going to convince a court that Wallace actually attempts to sell something. Defendants in the Wallace's case have all

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] telnet www.danwal.com 80 Now try telephone. This is so going to convince a court that Wallace actually attempts to sell

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qui, 2006-06-22 às 17:04 +0200, David Kastrup escreveu: There is sort of a point though: compliance with the terms of a license is legally held to similar standards as compliance with contractual terms. But that's about it. One of the main differences is that you can't do away with individual

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] One does not plead facts. Uh. Try googling plead facts. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qui, 2006-06-22 Ã s 15:29 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: David Kastrup wrote: [...] To quote Hollaar (http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise2.html) http://groups.google.com/group/misc.legal.computing/msg/3cf3e9ee08d2837b A

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] One does not plead facts. Uh. Try googling plead facts. Try googling GPL FAQ. And what's your point? The phrase plead facts is used by courts. It's legal concept. The GPL FAQ is

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] One does not plead facts. Uh. Try googling plead facts. Try googling GPL FAQ. And what's your point? The phrase plead facts is used by

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [... fantasies a la signifying acceptance and accepting are two different things and compliance with the terms of a license is legally held to similar standards as compliance with contractual terms. But that's about it. in

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] One does not plead facts. Uh. Try googling plead facts. Try googling GPL FAQ. And what's your point?

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Merijn de Weerd
On 2006-06-22, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are talking about a license agreement here, like when somebody clicks I agree. There is no such process for the GPL. Then why does the GPL article 5 say: Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Merijn de Weerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 2006-06-22, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are talking about a license agreement here, like when somebody clicks I agree. There is no such process for the GPL. Then why does the GPL article 5 say: Therefore, by modifying or

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] In re: Aimster Copyright Litigation, 334 F.3d 643, 644 (7th Cir. 2003) (“If a breach of contract (and a copyright license is just a type of contract) . . . ”); see also McCoy v. Mitsuboshi Cutlery, Inc., 67 F.3d 917, 920 (Fed. Cir. 1995)

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] That sure looks to me like a mechanism to derive acceptance of the GPL. Not really. You can't sue people to accept the license. You can only sue them to heed it. Only if you can establish acceptance. (And the courts won't enforce unlawful contracts --

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Jay Belanger
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... Qui, 2006-06-22 Ã s 15:29 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: [garbage] I guess a chicken understands law better... But a chicken wouldn't be able to type as fast. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qui, 2006-06-22 às 19:38 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: David Kastrup wrote: [...] That sure looks to me like a mechanism to derive acceptance of the GPL. Not really. You can't sue people to accept the license. You can only sue them to heed it. Only if you can establish

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] That sure looks to me like a mechanism to derive acceptance of the GPL. Not really. You can't sue people to accept the license. You can only sue them to heed it. Only if you can establish acceptance. No, that

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Merijn de Weerd
On 2006-06-22, David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merijn de Weerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Acceptance... Only the GNU GPL authorizes the right to make copies and distribute them. If you do not accept the terms you can't distribute them because copyright forbids it. Unlawful contracts... The GNU GPL is not a

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] to say your honor, I plead not accepting the license, thus am not bound to its conditions, and would prefer to be tried in criminal court for copyright violation than here for breach of license? *Breach* of IP license is a contract claim, idiot. The binding things

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Merijn de Weerd wrote: [...] Why not? The above *says* that modifying or distribution is acceptance of the license. Or do you mean, you don't have to agree with that statement either? As Hollaar (http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise2.html) noted, you don't have to agree with that

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Merijn de Weerd
On 2006-06-22, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bwahahahah. You're hopeless. BTW, you seem to forgot that Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren (Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute) is Appellate Judge (Court of Appeal of Dusseldorf, Copyright Senate). And since when is a

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Merijn de Weerd wrote: On 2006-06-22, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bwahahahah. You're hopeless. BTW, you seem to forgot that Professor Dr. Thomas Hoeren (Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute) is Appellate Judge (Court of Appeal of Dusseldorf, Copyright Senate).