Come on, bidulock. Why don't you let people work? I prefer to remain silent on this list, since I'm not doing anything with LiS anymore. Don't you think you are going too far? Dave did just a great work with LiS. You are converting this into lawyer madness. Go write some code.
Nemo : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:13:19 -0500 : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected] [email protected] : Subject: [Linux-streams] Re: GPL/LGPL : : : Took you awhile to come up with that one, didn't it? : : First, you are the original violator of the GPL : since you conveyed these files to me and did not : accompany them with a copy of the GPL, or request : that I add a copy of the GPL to the LiS : distribution. So it would be fair to argue that : you have waived your rights to this requirement. : : Second, this "violation" is easily remedied by : simply adding a copy of the full GPL in a file : included with the LiS distribution. : : Third, there is a clause in the license notice in : the files themselves that render this requirement suspect. : : > You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with : > this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass : > Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. : : In other words, you make provision in your notice : that the recipient may not have received a copy : of the license and what to do about it if he/she : did not. (This is standard GNU recommend language.) : : All that notwithstanding I am perfectly happy to : remove OpenSS7 code from the LiS : distribution. There is nothing of use to me : within LiS that uses any of it anyway. : : -- Dave : : At 12:50 PM 9/7/2006, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: : >Dave, : > : >Regardless of whether your modified sources are considered simple : >aggregation (which they cannot), your fundamental gpl-violation is that : >you did not include a copy of the license per Section 1 of the GPL. : >Thus your distribution is in violation of the GPL, and your attempt to : >distribute the files without a copy of the license means that, for you, : >the license is void and terminates. Anyone else that has redistributed : >LiS-2.18.0 from your site without including the license, such as Steve, : >is also in fundamental violation of the GPL and the license to these : >files was void and terminated. As we follow a dual-licensing model, : >punitive damages may have resulted from these gpl violations. For more : >information, see http://www.gpl-violations.org/ : > : >--brian : > : >On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Dave Grothe wrote: : > : > > : > > Sorry, Charlie. : > > From GNU GPL license version 2: : > > : > > In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the : > > Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a : > > volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other : > > work under the scope of this License. : > > : > > and : > > : > > You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program : > > except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt : > > otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is : > > void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this : > > License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from : > > you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so : > > long as such parties remain in full compliance. : > > : > > So you have no right to revoke the terms and conditions of the GPL. : > > And my mere aggregation of these files is in full compliance. Steve : > > and others can speak for themselves. : > > -- Dave : > > At 04:48 PM 8/30/2006, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: : > > : > > Dave, : > > ./include/tihdr.h : > > ./include/timod.h : > > ./include/sys/tihdr.h : > > ./include/sys/timod.h : > > ./include/sys/tpi.h : > > ./include/sys/xti.h : > > ./include/sys/xti_inet.h : > > ./include/sys/xti_sctp.h : > > ./include/sys/xti_xti.h : > > ./include/sys/xti_ip.h : > > ./include/sys/xti_tcp.h : > > ./include/sys/xti_udp.h : > > ./include/xti/config.h : > > ./include/xti/tihdr.h : > > ./include/xti/timod.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_atm.h : > > ./include/xti/xti.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_inet.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_ip.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_local.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_mosi.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_osi.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_sctp.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_tcp.h : > > ./include/xti/xti_udp.h : > > ./include/xti.h : > > ./include/xti_inet.h : > > Your license to copy and distribute these files is revoked. Please : > > remove them from your website. : > > --brian : > > -- : > > Brian F. G. Bidulock ¦ The reasonable man adapts himself to the : > > ¦ : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ¦ world; the unreasonable one persists in : > > ¦ : > > [1]http://www.openss7.org/ ¦ trying to adapt the world to : > > himself. ¦ : > > ¦ Therefore all progress depends on the : > > ¦ : > > ¦ unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw : > > ¦ : > > : > > References : > > : > > 1. http://www.openss7.org/ : > : >-- : >Brian F. G. Bidulock ¦ The reasonable man adapts himself to the ¦ : >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ¦ world; the unreasonable one persists in ¦ : >http://www.openss7.org/ ¦ trying to adapt the world to himself. ¦ : > ¦ Therefore all progress depends on the ¦ : > ¦ unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw ¦ : : _______________________________________________ Linux-streams mailing list [email protected] http://www.openss7.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-streams
