Jerry! You raise an absolutely unexpected (and rather amusing) misinterpretation of the copyright. I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT MEAN THAT a software that gets passed through the Beautifier is a software that uses it - that would simply be a programmer using the beautifier on his software just as beautifier is supposed to be used. (Otherwise I would commit MYSELF to a slow and painfull death of eating prionted papers with the elegidly smartass copyright on it...) By 'software using the Beautifier' (i.e. section 7) I ment software that makes use of a Beautifier object in its code (i.e. Beautifier beaut = new Beautifier(); ...). For example, a java based editor might want to use Beautifier for automatic indentation within the editor... I guess one of the problems of a programmer creating a amateur copyright is that you are never sure people understand it as intended... I just hope that others haven't understood it as you wrote, although I haven't yet got any letters on such accounts. Enjoy! Tal Davidson >-----Original Message----- >From: Jerry Treweek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tal Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: java-linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 11:24 AM >Subject: Re: Beautifier - a fast, small and FREE automatic indenter for java >source files > > >>Hi Tal >> >>Thanks for your beautifier, but I'm afraid I can't use it because of >>your restrictive copyright - in particular: >> >> >>> * 7. Any software that makes use of this software must state in its >documentation >>> * that "This software uses Beautifier - an Automatic Indentation >Filter >>> * for Java(C) source files, created by Tal Davidson >([EMAIL PROTECTED]). >>> >> >>The point is that the software does not "use" Beautifier. It may at some >>point in it's creation have been passed through your filter once, >>possibly twice, but is no way dependent on it. Imagine if the same >>requirement were made for an editor - "This software uses Vi - ...", or >>worse, "This software uses cut -..." >> >>If you can remove this from your copyright I'd be happy to have a look. >> >> >>"Linux - I can't believe its not Microsoft" >>Jerry T. >> >>Tal Davidson wrote: >> >>> Hi! I have created a small (6K), fast and free (open-source) >>> automatic indentation filter of java source files, written in pure >>> java, named Beautifier. Beautifier can be used either from the command >>> line or as a java-class used by other java programs (such as editors, >>> pretty printers, etc...). Since posting it a few days ago I have >>> recieved a truely unanticipated amount of positive reviews about >>> Beautifier, including interest in making it part of the J.O.S. (a >>> letter which started with 'Wow' and 'fantastic'!) and FreeBuilder >>> projects.Beautifier is currently posted at: >>> http://www.bigfoot.com/~davidsont/beautifier Perhaps Beautifier can be >>> of help to the java-linux project, and java programmers on linux where >>> ever they are... Sincerely yours, Tal [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >
