Re: Question about GPL theft

2007-04-18 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Kastrup writes: But that does not change that the copyright holder can ask a court to stop Microsoft from distributing his software, and can claim damages if he can make a

Re: denying rights?

2006-05-11 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically, this is not the GPL, but a different license using the same words in large parts. Maybe the FSF could demand that they call their license something else (but I don't know

Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?

2006-05-05 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancefire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am confusing on GPL now, I need someone to clear me. Or maybe you're not confused, but just unhappy that it doesn't condone your desire to take away some of your customers' freedoms.

Assignment forms?

2006-04-10 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay, I've received my assignment forms, but I'm not sure if I got the right ones. I checked yes to is there anyone who may have a claim to the work, since at the very least I used company equipment, and also even company time for some of the work,

Re: Preferred form for making modifications

2006-02-28 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe, but since there's no source code, there's little value in using the GPL, and if it was used, a distributor could find himself in infringement since he could not

Re: Preferred form for making modifications

2006-02-28 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stefaan A Eeckels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There can only be what the copyright holder decides the source code to be. If there's nothing left but the binary, then obviously the GPL makes little sense; any license that

Re: Preferred form for making modifications

2006-02-22 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:32 +, Bernd Jendrissek wrote: The reason I wonder is that there is still an awful lot of old software floating around that is still useful

Preferred form for making modifications

2006-02-21 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (Or however the GPL defines source code.) Suppose I want to release some software but I either don't want to or cannot (my house burned down 10 years ago and I lost the source scenario) release source code for it. Is it still possible for (legal)

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-14 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alfred M\. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The employer cannot say that I am not allowed to do so, since that would violate the license. The employer may not legally redistribute *and* then also require the recipients to

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The GPL can only give the owner of a copy rights. What if I, as a homeless vagrant scouring the city dump for cool stuff, some across a three-year-old CD with a bunch of GNU packages

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bernd Jendrissek wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You seem to misunderstand. The resulting overall program containing

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-10 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original: unsigned explosive_power = 0; while (still_not_eliminated(FSF)) send_a_bomb(FSF, explosive_power += 10/*kiloton*/); Derivative: unsigned explosive_power =

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-09 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stefaan A Eeckels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, as far as I understand it, you would be the only person in trouble. The company might have a pre-release of David's GPLed software, but this does not give you, their

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

2005-12-19 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The MySQL Protocol is proprietary. [...] Because this is a GPL protocol, [...] Make up your mind. - -- IBM has more patent litigation lawyers than SCO has employees. -