On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:11:22AM +0200, Siegbert Baude wrote: > So I'm very glad Rembrandt didn't chose an OSI license for his work. I > could hardly stand the rest of the world improving his pictures. ;-) > (Your comparison didn't really hit the nail, did it?)
People have painted things that are copies from Rembrandts Nightwatch. Also the Nightwatch is not in its original state as Rembrandt has intended it. They cut of parts off the sides to fit it in the place it hung before. So not only did they forked it, they also changed the painting itself. Some work of 'De nachtwacht'. Wether or not this is an improvement rests in the eye of the beholder: http://www.britams.nl/general_information_principals_welcome.htm http://www.hetrembrandthuis.nl/index.php?page=hetrembrandthuis.thema http://www.worth1000.com/entries/36000/36441ukov_w.jpg http://www.botsjeh.cistron.nl/bert/nachtwacht/nachtwacht.htm http://digidagboek.blogspot.com/2005/07/rembrandt-herleeft-in-leiden-leiden.html http://www.argus-online.nl/A-121203.html There also is(was) a group of people who did a live performance of the "nachtwacht" http://www.rembrandtfestival.nl/img/site/Image/Rembrandtfestival/16RembrandtFestival_Infofilm.jpg Many more examples can be found. The same goes for many more paintings of other painters. > ACK. In this case it is not a problem, but I really would have an > official statement of some SUSE guy, if usability stands against OSI (or > kernel policies), what will win? Will SUSE become a second Debian? I hope that SUSE has the common sence to follow the law and look at the licences as given by the developers. There is no way you can go around those licences. It is their software. It is their choice. SUSE won't go the way of Debian and that answer should be clear by the fact that there is a CD 6. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
