Re: Gnash Considered Non-Free by Gobuntu?

2007-10-23 Thread DC Parris
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > Better to post this to the gobuntu people than here, since the gobuntu > people do not read this list. Thanks. It was not my intention to ask the Gobuntu people about this, although I contacted their PR folks about it. I wanted sources more likely to be familiar with G

Re: GPL question

2007-10-23 Thread Miles Bader
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Alfred does not represent or speak for "GNU". > > Since you don't either represent or speak for "GNU", you really can't > state that now can you? Sure I can. Anyway, to reiterate: Alfred does not represent or speak for GNU. -Miles -- Run awa

Re: GPL question

2007-10-23 Thread John Hasler
David Kastrup writes: > If there is a library with compatible interface, you might be right. If > there isn't, and if the only reasonable way in which the user can > sensibly make any use of your code is to link with a particular library, > the the user is acting as your agent when assembling the

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2007-10-23 Thread secretary
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Re: GPL question

2007-10-23 Thread David Kastrup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Oct 19, 9:47 am, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The binary is also combined into one big blob when run, > > But not even by me. The user chooses to combine it. I don't. For all > I care, the user may choose to combine it with some other library, >

Re: GPL question

2007-10-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: > >>>I am not a lawyer, so I can only offer a "common sense" >>>opinion: >>> >>> Which sadly, is not much common sense. >> >> I see GNU likes civilized discourse. > >Alfred does not represent or speak for "GNU". > > Since you don't e

Re: GPL question

2007-10-23 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
>>I am not a lawyer, so I can only offer a "common sense" >>opinion: >> >> Which sadly, is not much common sense. > > I see GNU likes civilized discourse. Alfred does not represent or speak for "GNU". Since you don't either represent or speak for "GNU", you really can

Re: Gnash Considered Non-Free by Gobuntu?

2007-10-23 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
Better to post this to the gobuntu people than here, since the gobuntu people do not read this list. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL question

2007-10-23 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
>When you choose dynamic linking, you are not including the library, >but only its interface in your product. The users of your product >may or may not opt to use it with the library in question. > > You are including code as well, macros for example. If they are part