"Linke, Andreas" wrote:
>
> Palm? Isn't this the monopolists way?
It is the socail way. The way the case law goes that I have been part of, if the
server is privately run, placing it on the
Internet does not constitute a "public form". They can do whatever they will with the
data and who subscribes.
>
> Who decides what is respectful?
It is arbitrary upon the owner of the server. It is very much like the signs "We
reserve there right to refuse service to anyone."
that you see in restaurants and coffee houses.
I overall support their move. Open Source is that -- open. Meaning that anyone can
do whatever the dawn well please with it. If
Mike had any case, he would have written something of his own copyright instead of
coveting a public source and claming it as his
own "official" version. This is the biggest problem with open source, if there is not
IP to broker since it is open, the exchange
tries to go in as political power or attempted political power as we have seen. The
politics strangely get to be like a lot of
volunteer groups.
Steve
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