Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-06 Thread VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO
Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon reside in history's trashbin that contains Urban Legends. Bullshit. Linux and GPL is only growing. The BSDs are dying. Its a shame because BSD is a GREAT system. Or Shut up and Hack. Come to this list when PCC is good

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-06 Thread John Hasler
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO writes: BSD and PCC needs friendly people and hackers, I don't think these trolls qualify on either count. In the good old days we were trolled by the likes of John Dyson and Jay Maynard: jerks, but competent hackers. Now we just get dorks. -- John Hasler

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-06 Thread David Kastrup
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br writes: Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon reside in history's trashbin that contains Urban Legends. Bullshit. Linux and GPL is only growing. The BSDs are dying. Its a shame because BSD is a GREAT system. Or

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-06 Thread RJack
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon reside in history's trashbin that contains Urban Legends. Bullshit. Linux and GPL is only growing. The BSDs are dying. Its a shame because BSD is a GREAT system. Or Shut up and Hack. Come

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-06 Thread John Hasler
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO writes: BSD and PCC needs friendly people and hackers, not useless whiners pieces of shit like you. David Kastrup writes: That probably counts as friendly. When I was deciding between FreeBSD and Linux John Dyson's trolling pushed me toward Linux. However, as I was

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO
OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Alexander, please stop drinking de Raadt's Kool Aid. Or Shut up and Hack. Come to this list when PCC is good enough to be on OpenBSD by default.

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread RJack
VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon reside in history's trashbin that contains Urban Legends. Alexander, please stop

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
RJack u...@example.net writes: VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon reside in history's trashbin that contains Urban

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
RJack u...@example.net writes: David Kastrup wrote: RJack u...@example.net writes: VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: RJack u...@example.net writes: VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software religion will soon reside in history's trashbin that

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: RJack u...@example.net writes: David Kastrup wrote: RJack u...@example.net writes: VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Don't worry. The GPL license and the Free Software

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
RJack u...@example.net writes: David Kastrup wrote: RJack u...@example.net writes: David Kastrup wrote: RJack u...@example.net writes: VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO wrote: OK I'm so fucking tired of this. I use OpenBSD. I use GCC. Use GNU/Linux. BSD is free. GPL is free. Don't worry. The

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] You won't find any. And that's the point. Since it is YOU GNUtians who are crying copyright violation, copyright violation... which is a tort and on a large scale it is even a crime, IT'S UP TO YOU TO PROVE THE CLAIM YOU IDIOT.

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 8:11 AM, RJack wrote: Please provide links to those US federal judges who *do not* believe the terms of the GPL can be ignored. I await with 'bated breath for your documentation. Sure, here you are: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13584730711160488510 PROGRESS

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 10:18 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: the case was about alleged contract breach It doesn't matter what the case was about. Your fellow crank asked for links to US federal judges who *do not* believe the terms of the GPL can be ignored, and I provided a link to a US judge who shows

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 8:11 AM, RJack wrote: Please provide links to those US federal judges who *do not* believe the terms of the GPL can be ignored. I await with 'bated breath for your documentation. Sure, here you are:

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov terek...@web.de writes: Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 8:11 AM, RJack wrote: Please provide links to those US federal judges who *do not* believe the terms of the GPL can be ignored. I await with 'bated breath for your documentation. Sure, here you are:

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov terek...@web.de writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] You won't find any. And that's the point. Since it is YOU GNUtians who are crying copyright violation, copyright violation... which is a tort and on a large scale it is even a crime, IT'S UP TO YOU TO PROVE THE CLAIM

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 10:18 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: the case was about alleged contract breach It doesn't matter what the case was about. Your fellow crank The fact that Judge Saris *rejected the plea for injunction* regarding alleged breach of the GPL while she was not

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] A(iv): Progress/NuSphere violated the GPL License and thus, their rights under the GPL were automatically terminated. B Primarily and permanently enjoin (iii) Progress/Nusphere from copying, modifying, sublicensing or distributing the MySQL program. DENIED

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread John Hasler
David Kastrup writes: Award compensatory and _punitive_ damages [...] (punitive damages for contract violation of a contract without punitive terms?) Presumably based on the noncontract claims. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 10:52 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: rejected not allowed unenforceable NOT a proof can NOT be ignored That's enough multiple negatives to open a wormhole to the crank universe of twist and spin. Your fellow crank asked for a judge who does not believe the terms of the GPL can be

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 10:56 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: DENIED http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13584730711160488510 That's because the standards required for a preliminary injunction are high. In the judge's words: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13584730711160488510 In any

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] If she considers a breach ... She did NOT rule that there was a breach, you retard. She ruled quite the opposite: With respect to the General Public License (GPL), MYSQL has not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits or irreparable harm. HAS

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov terek...@web.de writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] If she considers a breach ... She did NOT rule that there was a breach, you retard. She ruled quite the opposite: With respect to the General Public License (GPL), MYSQL has not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Sonny! Uncle Hasler has spoken! John Hasler wrote: David Kastrup writes: Award compensatory and _punitive_ damages [...] (punitive damages for contract violation of a contract without punitive terms?) Presumably based on the noncontract claims. MySQL's case/claim *regarding the GPL*

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 10:56 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: DENIED http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13584730711160488510 That's because the standards required for a preliminary injunction are high. In the judge's words:

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 10:52 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: rejected not allowed unenforceable NOT a proof can NOT be ignored That's enough multiple negatives to open a wormhole to the crank universe of twist and spin. Your fellow crank asked for a judge who does not believe the

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov terek...@web.de writes: Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 10:52 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: rejected not allowed unenforceable NOT a proof can NOT be ignored That's enough multiple negatives to open a wormhole to the crank universe of twist and spin. Your fellow crank

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov terek...@web.de writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] If she considers a breach ... She did NOT rule that there was a breach, you retard. She ruled quite the opposite: With respect to the General Public License (GPL), MYSQL has not

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 10:18 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: the case was about alleged contract breach It doesn't matter what the case was about. Your fellow crank asked for links to US federal judges who *do not* believe the terms of the GPL can be ignored, and I provided a link to a

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 10:52 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: rejected not allowed unenforceable NOT a proof can NOT be ignored That's enough multiple negatives to open a wormhole to the crank universe of twist and spin. Your fellow crank asked for a judge who does not believe the

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 4:12 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: http://opensource.actiontec.com/mi1424wr/actiontec_opensrc_mi424wr-rev-e_fw-20-9-0.tgz Sometimes a broken link is just a broken link. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 2:26 PM, RJack wrote: This is an identical situation to those who claim nonexistent GPL settlement victories. Yes, it is. In both situations anti-GPL cranks cannot bring themselves to believe what has long been obvious to anyone else, so they twist and spin to avoid facing the

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 2:26 PM, RJack wrote: This is an identical situation to those who claim nonexistent GPL settlement victories. Yes, it is. In both situations anti-GPL cranks cannot http://opensource.actiontec.com/mi1424wr/actiontec_opensrc_mi424wr-rev-e_fw-20-9-0.tgz

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 5/5/2010 5:31 PM, RJack wrote: Sayeth Hyman Rosen: Sometimes a broken link is just a broken link. Sayeth Hyman Rosen: Commonly in an argument from ignorance or argument from personal incredulity, the speaker considers or asserts that something is false, implausible, or not obvious to them

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-05 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 5/5/2010 4:12 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: http://opensource.actiontec.com/mi1424wr/actiontec_opensrc_mi424wr-rev-e_fw-20-9-0.tgz Sayeth Hyman Rosen: Sometimes a broken link is just a broken link. Sayeth Hyman Rosen: Commonly in an argument from ignorance or

Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Once the GPL is invalidated, promissory estoppel will allow some proprietary company to improve Linux and turn it into a real operating system. Microsoft hates the thought that folks will understand the GPL is unenforceable. That's the reason

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Alan Mackenzie wrote: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Once the GPL is invalidated, promissory estoppel will allow some proprietary company to improve Linux and turn it into a real operating system. Microsoft hates the thought that folks will understand the GPL is

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Alan Mackenzie wrote: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Once the GPL is invalidated, promissory estoppel will allow some proprietary company to improve Linux and turn it into a real operating system. Microsoft hates the

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Alan Mackenzie wrote: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Alan Mackenzie wrote: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Once the GPL is invalidated, promissory estoppel will allow some proprietary company to improve Linux and turn it into a real operating system.

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de writes: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Reason? So do birds. flowers and trees. So what is your point? You are correct (for once). I don't get it. Statements usually have to make sense. What's your rhetorical focus? Quite simply, that it is the

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de writes: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Reason? So do birds. flowers and trees. So what is your point? You are correct (for once). I don't get it. Statements usually have to make sense. What's your rhetorical focus? Quite

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
RJack u...@example.net writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de writes: In gnu.misc.discuss RJack u...@example.net wrote: Reason? So do birds. flowers and trees. So what is your point? You are correct (for once). I don't get it. Statements usually have to make sense. What's

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] We are not talking about the age of the BSD license(s), but the time when a complete BSD type operating system became available freely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tvI6JCXD0 Hth, silly dak. regards, alexander. P.S. I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
In gnu.misc.discuss David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de writes: Quite simply, that it is the GPL itself which is the main reason for the popularity of Linux amongst the people who write it. Well, that's half of the story. Linux has been written to support a

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Alan Mackenzie wrote: Well there's little prospect of that experiment taking place, thankfully. The GPL is gasping for breath Alan. It'll soon be DEAD. Get over it Alan. Copyleft style licenses are unenforceable under U.S. law. You may, perhaps, continue to extol the virtues of the GPL under

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de writes: In gnu.misc.discuss David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de writes: Quite simply, that it is the GPL itself which is the main reason for the popularity of Linux amongst the people who write it. Well, that's half of the story. Linux

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/9/2010 11:48 AM, RJack wrote: Copyleft style licenses are unenforceable under U.S. law. No, that's not correct. A court has enforced an open license: http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf Copyright holders who engage in open source licensing have the right to control

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
RJack u...@example.net writes: Alan Mackenzie wrote: Well there's little prospect of that experiment taking place, thankfully. The GPL is gasping for breath Alan. It'll soon be DEAD. Get over it Alan. Copyleft style licenses are unenforceable under U.S. law. Quite right, since they are no

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/9/2010 11:48 AM, RJack wrote: Copyleft style licenses are unenforceable under U.S. law. No, that's not correct. A court has enforced an open license: http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf Copyright holders who engage in open source licensing have the

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/9/2010 12:14 PM, RJack wrote: The federal courts of the United States ignore CAFC authority in areas outside their unique patent appeals areas. Since the CAFC reasoned out the case correctly, we can expect that other courts will do the same.

Re: Significance of the GP licence.

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/9/2010 12:14 PM, RJack wrote: The federal courts of the United States ignore CAFC authority in areas outside their unique patent appeals areas. Since the CAFC reasoned out the case correctly, we can expect that other courts will do the same. Ratchet up your hopes