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

2006-05-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6); United States v. Clark County, Ind., 113 F.Supp.2d 1286, 1290 (S.D. Ind. 2000). The court will dismiss a complaint for failure to state a claim only if it “‘appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in

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

2006-05-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] But Wallace brought forth no facts whatsoever compatible with his claim of predatory pricing as defined by the requisite laws. Wallace brought forth the GPL. The GPL is his evidence. --- Predatory pricing The GPL establishes a predatory pricing scheme. Setting

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

2006-05-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Wallace brought forth the GPL. The GPL is his evidence. Yes. No facts compatible with his claim of predatory pricing. And how do you know? Neither Judge Tinder nor Judge Young addressed his claim of predatory pricing.

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: I think you're misunderstanding what GNU is - it isn't a single program, or a tightly coupled suite. It's a compilation of lots of useful programs, which system builders can pick and choose from. GNU isn't a compilation of programs

Re: GPL and inhouse use?

2006-05-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Richard Tobin wrote: [...] For example, suppose you provide a service to the public that compiles programs using a modified version of gcc, but you don't give out copies of the modified compiler: you just accept .c files and return .o files. As far as I can see, the current GPL does not

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Guh-NÜ-slash-Linux of Novell. And also Guh-NÜ-slash-Linux of Red Hat https://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html The Software is a collective work under U.S. Copyright Law. and Guh-NÜ-slash-Linux of others. I'm talking about the GNU system,

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alan Mackenzie wrote: [...] Well, whatever it is, it isn't Unix! GNU is more than an operating system - Emacs, for example, is part of GNU, though it's definitely not part of an OS, and there are LOTS of GNU programs like that. This is the mere aggregation that the GPL talks about - lots of

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

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Wallace brought forth the GPL. The GPL is his evidence. Yes. No facts compatible with his claim of predatory pricing. And how do you know? By virtue of having a brain. Here's

Re: GPL and inhouse use?

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: That is nice, I prefer rmail. It just shows you off as a fool who can't get the history of a discussion straight and is unable to properly attribute articles. Then feel free to tell this to anyone who uses rmail, this includes RMS. You hero RMS is a

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] It sure is part of any GNU system, in the form of an aggregation (in the case of GCC). The C library, however, is linked with the executables, and that exceeds mere aggregation. The C library, however, is licensed under the LGPL. Function calls have no impact on

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] holders. Like Linux, or is Linux also a compilation according to you? Linux is a compilation according to copyright law. regards. alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org

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

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] | Last time I looked, RedHat was getting money. This fact is compatible with Wallace's claim of predatory pricing conspiracy pursuant to the GPL. Those ancillary revenues from no charge GPL'd code can NOT explain the lengths to which

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] It sure is part of any GNU system, in the form of an aggregation (in the case of GCC). The C library, however, is linked with the executables, and that exceeds mere aggregation. The C

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] holders. Like Linux, or is Linux also a compilation according to you? Linux is a compilation according to copyright law. Depends on what you call Linux. A typical GNU/Linux

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

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Bundling BSD and alike licensed code is, for example, the business model of Apple Computer, Inc. (OS X and Darwin). No. http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/ http://darwinsource.opendarwin.org/10.4.6.x86/ regards, alexander.

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why don't you simply check it yourself. There's tons of separate and independent bodies of code in the Linux kernel and they are even under

Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
ROFL. Hey ams, I'm your fan. (sorry group just couldn't resist) regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2006-05-18 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Tobin) writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The anticompetitive nature of the GNU GPL is no-brainer. That must explain why there is _lots_ of competition in the Linux market. Surely the

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

2006-05-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] IP value based business model is waffling about things. Just what does he want to sell to whom? Suppose he wants to become an Apple (but without music and hardware business) and compete with other operating systems (not only on Macs). Anyway, so he finds that

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

2006-05-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Uh what? You mean, if there are terms in Microsoft's EULA to be found which don't jibe with the law, then XP is in the public domain? I find that implausible. http://interactionlaw.com/id12.html (Microsoft Risks Copyright Impotence) [...] if it existed, he could

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

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You're arguing against a caricature of his case, and not his case itself. Yes, that's exactly what I say. But that caricature is of your own making. Wallace has 30 days to appeal. I hope he will. We'll see

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

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] This is going to be cute. The problem with an appeal is that Wallace does not merely have to get it right this time: he has to prove that he got it right last time around, and the court just failed to notice. Appellate court will review district court's grant of

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

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] This is going to be cute. The problem with an appeal is that Wallace does not merely have to get it right this time: he has to prove that he got it right last time around, and the court

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

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.misc.discuss/msg/b81437831e209017 (not the merits) Terekhov quoting Terekhov quoting Terekhov. I'm not the author of not the merits. Go visit http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.vision might help. [...] Basically, the

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

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
John Hasler wrote: Alexander Terekhov writes: As for proof, A plaintiff must prove (1) that the prices complained of are below an appropriate measure of its rival's costs The marginal cost of production of copies of Linux is at most the cost of pressing a DVD. The marginal cost

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

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] You are the author of Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] which you quoted in Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] which you quoted in Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's how one blogs on usenet. ;-) regards, alexander. ___

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

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Tobin) writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Red Hat recoups losses from GPL conspiracy (with other co-conspirators in predatory priced IP that is meant to kill competition) by higher prices

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Ben wrote: I've a program I want to release under the GPL, it relies on a number of jar libraries covered under other licences such as Apache 2.0. Can I still distribute the software under the GPL Sure you can. Beware of eventual copyright impotence (penalty for copyright misuse)

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hey Ben, feel free to mere aggregate and distribute your non- derivative (under copyright law, not GNU copyleft FAQ silliness) GPL'd code with whatever you want. But once again: beware of eventual copyright impotence (penalty for copyright misuse) though. Your GPL'd code may well end up in

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Ben, as suggested, do not even bother reading what Alexander has to say. The GPL FAQ was written with the help by lawyers, where as Lawyers? Yeah, the GPL FAQ was written with the help by lawyers (like Moglen and his underlings) with an agenda contrary to public

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
John Hasler wrote: [...] If the program is entirely of your authorship you can distribute it under any terms you wish. However, if you don't add exceptions no one will be able to redistribute it. Sez GNUtian Hasler. Of course they can redistribute it. 17 USC 109, to begin with.

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: [...] Your source code is yours to license as you please. The fact that it uses the Java mechanisms to call library code does not make it a derivative work of these libraries. Unless you happen to live in the GNU Republic. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt When

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Hasler wrote: [...] If the program is entirely of your authorship you can distribute it under any terms you wish. However, if you don't add exceptions no one will be able to redistribute it. Sez GNUtian

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

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/224798.htm The second decision came from a different judge in the Southern District of Indiana and, like the first judge and the FSF complaint, he found that Wallace didn't properly state a claim.

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] That concerns the transfer of particular acquired copies, not distribution involving the creation of additional copies. Legally speaking, distribution doesn't involve creation of additional copies at all. And 17 USC 109 is about particular copies lawfully

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Moglen: We have made one clarification, as we see it, of what we believe was always the rule. We reasserted that code dynamically linked to GPL code--which the GPL code is intended to require, not merely optionally incorporate--is part of the source code of the

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Linking is not aggregation. Static linking certainly is. Only in Terekhov-Lala-land. I gather that by virtue of some truly exciting invention static linking doesn't aggregate in the GNU Republic. I want the patent rights, dak! regards, alexander.

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
John Hasler wrote: [...] The license is a conditional grant from you to others. If they fail to comply with the conditions you can sue them for copyright infringement, but Yet the GPL has been cited as a contract, and breach of the GPL as a contract was alleged, in both of the first two U.S.

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] whilst with CPL you will not be able to license your program at all with the ASL 2.0, Nonsense. but _ALSO_ you will exclude your program from sharing code with +-80% of Free Software. The GNU President's assertion regarding GPL incompatibility fiction

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-22 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [... snip GNUtian drivel ...] http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=viewartMonth=SeptemberartYear=2004EntryNo=1578 Hth. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] While your module is not fake, the situation with regard to the licenses is the same. As long as your GPLed with exception software is _only_ combined with GPLed software, this would be ok. GNU logic. Under FSF's own interpretation, that modified GPL with

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] While your module is not fake, the situation with regard to the licenses is the same. As long as your GPLed with exception software is _only_ combined with GPLed software, this would be ok

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] I think this has been the situation with the readline library (which is under the GPL). Somebody created some stubs that provided basically the same interface, and this made software not derivative on GNU logic. I gather that in the GNU Republic, the status of a

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Uh, the GPL also has the backing of IBM. Yeah. Apart from contributing to just few GPL'd projects for strategic reasons, it is no secret that IBM treats [L]GPL'd code like a kind of toxic waste. The general rule is seek for alternative. The preferred license for

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Uh, the GPL also has the backing of IBM. Yeah. Apart from contributing to just few GPL'd projects for strategic reasons, it is no secret that IBM treats [L]GPL'd code like a kind

Re: GPL licenced Java application using non GPL jars (libraries)

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [... contract ...] *tsk* you really don't have arguments, do you? What arguments do you want, Rui? It's basic law. - While a party that owns copyright rights is ordinarily entitled to pursue infringement claims against any third party who violates them, the

Re: GPL libraries and linking

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alan Mackenzie wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 16:46:18 +0200: 1. http://kororaa.org/index.php?entry=entry060521-200059 Stallman should be sued for damages to the global environment and lost productivity. Amount of time, energy, bandwidth

Re: New Software License idea: The Freedom License.

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Joerg Schilling wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Karen Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22 May 2006 16:49:50 -0700: What is wrong with this? Commands like make have evolved considerably since 1972. However, inside the GNU make info page you

Re: New Software License idea: The Freedom License.

2006-05-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alan Mackenzie wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 22:53:49 +0200: Joerg Schilling wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Karen Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 22 May 2006 16:49:50 -0700: What is wrong

Re: New Software License idea: The Freedom License.

2006-05-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Sorry folks, forgot one thing. http://www.fsf.org/photos/rms-sign.jpg Alexander Terekhov wrote: Alan Mackenzie wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 22:53:49 +0200: Joerg Schilling wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Mackenzie [EMAIL

Re: GPL libraries and linking

2006-05-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alan Mackenzie wrote: [...] Oh, I don't know. Wallace tried to attack GPL2, but couldn't even manage to get his pistol cocked. Oh, we'll see. http://scofacts.org/Wallace-IBM-61.pdf regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list

Re: Circumventing the GPL ...

2006-05-30 Thread Alexander Terekhov
You too, dak, please kindly piss off. With your idiotic communication through non-standardized interface derivative theory, to begin with. And read up something on software compilations (see 17 USC 101; software is protected as literary works) vs software derivatives (modified protected

Re: Circumventing the GPL ...

2006-05-30 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Unruh wrote: [...] And exactly how does the AFC (I assume you mean Abstraction, Filtration, Comparison test) Yes. apply here? It used to determine if there is copyright infringement in alleged derivative computer program work. GNUish/SCOish based on derivative

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

2006-06-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] [Appeal claim] This is going to be cute. The problem with an appeal is that Wallace does not merely have to get it right this time: he has to prove that he got it right last time around, and the court just failed to notice. It would take considerable skill to

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
This is not an issue at all. Except in the GNU Republic. In reality, linking as such (especially dynamic one) is totally irrelevant regarding (software) copyright. Ignore that utterly moronic GPL FAQ. Your options are: 1. Don't distribute the GPL'd stuff and let the users acquire it

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Yeah, and all Windows programs include MS Windows. Piss off, dak. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
And in the mean time, in the other Circuits... -- The Sixth Circuit agreed with the district court's determination that 'because [plaintiff] is a competitor and its complaint is about pricing practices, . . . [plaintiff] must allege that [defendant] engaged in predatory pricing in order to

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, and all Windows programs include MS Windows. Piss off, dak. You can run Windows programs under Wine if you want to. MS Windows is not required. Not all Windows programs can run under Wine, idiot. Now tell me

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Not all Windows programs can run under Wine, idiot. Now tell me how the copyright law distinguish system calls from other calls. Address resolution, and a fixed API. Now try to back your moronity with some statutory and/or case law authority. Chapter and

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] headers. And yes, if you purchase said development tools, they are accompanied by an explicit license permitting that. Said development tools may well be result of reverse engineering and/or interoperability information from public specs, books, etc. Pretty much

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] If a program does not even work without a particular library, this is not a case of interoperability. Sez who? (Besides you and other GNU brainwashed retards?) What you call a library is just another computer program (bundle thereof) under copyright law.

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-20 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Not all Windows programs can run under Wine Not all Windows programs can run on Windows. And? Go on, paragon of intellect. Now tell me how the copyright law distinguish system calls from other calls. By looking at them to see if they are in anyway

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Ter, 2006-06-20 Ã s 00:25 -0700, Gottfried escreveu: I would like to offer LiMath_Optimierung as a shareware program i.e for some fee and without the source code. Please only discuss the license issue, don't tell me whether you like Windows or Bill Gates or

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Wei Mingzhi wrote: [... respect freedom ...] Possession of property is a mark of the free man. And intellectual property is property. Person's freedom is diminished rather than enlarged by limiting his right to sell his property in exchange for money (i.e. at a positive price, not no charge).

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Uh. I suggest you start with http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/LANECI_excerpt.pdf and read this entire book (before exhibiting GNU brainwashing you're so fond of next time). regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] The GPL does not hinder anybody to sell his property. Oh really? Now tell me how we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all encourages selling (licensing at profit) patent IP (selling/licensing of

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Thanks to Wallace, the FSF is on record telling to the federal judge in court of law that In fact, the GPL itself rejects any automatic aggregation of software copyrights under the GPL simply because one program licensed under the GPL is distributed

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] the Berne convention is about. However, he does not have the right to restrict a user's freedom to use, modify, improve and distribute software that its respective author chose to license under the GPL. That's what the GPL is about. Now tell me how Gottfried's

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Hoping for c)... ;) Wanna ice cream? His code is not yours (and neither his code is a derivative literary work modulo the AFC test of the GPL'd code [software is protected as literary work per Berne Convention and national copyright laws]) and he has all

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] It appears that I am _already_ pissing you off. Anyway: his shareware contains GPLed parts then, and I don't see how the user can modify, improve and distribute those parts while retaining a working executable. Uh. And what does retaining a working executable

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] The GPL does not demand _anything_ as long as you are not using _others'_ property licensed under the GPL. And then _their_ property rights chip in, and they are perfectly allowed to give you license Except that the GPL blatantly misstates the scope of property

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml Only morons like you can be bullshited by this GNUish silliness authored by confused Stallman. I know that it's hopeless, but still I suggest you try http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/LANECI_excerpt.pdf. regards,

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] It appears that I am _already_ pissing you off. Anyway: his shareware contains GPLed parts then, and I don't see how the user can modify, improve and distribute those parts while retaining

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Oh dear dak... David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] The GPL does not demand _anything_ as long as you are not using _others'_ property licensed under the GPL. And then _their_ property rights chip in, and they are perfectly

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Stop trying to expand the scope of rights under the GPL to infect works under independent copyright (in this case, Gottfried's program). If it uses parts of a GPLed program, then it isn't independant. And since linking casues parts of a progarm to be

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh dear dak... David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] The GPL does not demand _anything_ as long as you are not using _others'_ property licensed

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alexander Terekhov wrote: Oh, I gather that GNUtian dak has problems to believe that - The judge recognized that Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint States a Claim Upon Which Relief can be Granted and that Plaintiff’s Allegations Sufficiently Set Forth a Violation of the Rule

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Oh, I gather that GNUtian dak has problems to believe that - The judge recognized that Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint States a Claim Upon Which Relief can be Granted and that Plaintiff’s Allegations Sufficiently Set Forth a Violation of the Rule of Reason, but was fooled to believe

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: Sez who? The definition of independant. Uh. Listen, brainwashed fanatic. A computer program work is a literary work with expression being a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer. Doctrine of independent creation

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qua, 2006-06-21 Ã s 17:09 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Note also Wallace's own (in the other case currently under appeal): - Not only competitors are harmed by the GPL scheme. Consumers lose because a lack of competition removes not just

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Your mistake here is assuming that intellect can become property. I say mistake, because otherwise you would be cooperating with WIPO and similar entities in trying to subvert knowledge into something that can be bought and sold like any good. What

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

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Got no answer or comment from GNUtians on gnu.misc.discuss (license issue: calling a GPLv2 library thread in which GNUtians try to scare OP into joining the GPL predarory price-fixing pooling conspiracy with his computer program which calls a GPLv2 library). It's fun. Judge Young dismissed

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

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
dak replied... Alexander Terekhov wrote: Got no answer or comment from GNUtians on gnu.misc.discuss (license issue: calling a GPLv2 library thread in which GNUtians try to scare OP into joining the GPL predarory price-fixing pooling conspiracy with his computer program which calls a GPLv2

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

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] That's all bullshit. The FSF simply managed to fool Judge Tinder that Wallace lacks standing. Tinder recorgnized that Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint States a Claim Upon Which Relief can be Granted and that Plaintiff’s Allegations Sufficiently Set Forth

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

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] That's all bullshit. The FSF simply managed to fool Judge Tinder that Wallace lacks standing. Tinder recorgnized that Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint States a Claim Upon

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Uh. Retarded fanatic once again crying a blatant lie in spite of tons of literature on IP. And employing caricature of copyright [as it's misrepresented by the GPL and its FAQ moronity] in an attempt to subvert it. Go read http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/LANECI_excerpt.pdf. regards,

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] Or are you _also_ against the concept of software that's available gratis? Depends. Gratis in violation of the Sherman Act (Section 1 and/or 2) is bad for (global) economy. I'm of opinion that the GPL is very bad for worldwide economic output and

Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Many contracts don't require signing. Google manifestation of assent. One accepts the GPL contract by exercising exclusive right(s) granted under it. regards, alexander. P.S. And google also the term antitrust conspiracy. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing

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

2006-06-21 Thread Alexander Terekhov
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 on annual subscription bases. RedHat's GPL'd

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: 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

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 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 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 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: 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

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