Re: I really don't know where to post this. GPL License question

Tim Smith wrote: [...] If, on the other hand, you mean that you might take the display code from the PDF reader, and put that code IN your program, so it is just a subroutine you call, then you are going to have to put your code under GPL. http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html

Re: I really don't know where to post this. GPL License question

nicolas vigier wrote: [...] I think that if you make it clear that your software and the pdf viewer are separate programs, then there is no problem, there is no chance that your software can be considered a derivative work of the pdf viewer. Think of an OS (execution environment) without

Re: Linux is great, but is it cool?

/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday 15 January 2008 17:15 : \ I am not convinced that truly cool things are happening any longer, because I am not seeing barriers being broken through at least in the area of software. Indeed, nor in hardware. Everyone involved in Linux seems to be using

Re: Linux is great, but is it cool?

ml2mst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Roy Schestowitz schreef: / [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday 15 January 2008 17:15 : \ I am not convinced that truly cool things are happening any longer, because I am not seeing barriers being broken through at least in the area of software. Indeed,

Re: Are There Any Situations In Which Proprietary Software Is Acceptable?

On Jan 15, 6:19 pm, John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but http://folding.stanford.eduis not one of them. OK, so what situations are, and why is this not one of them? Can you debunk their concerns/their handling of them (prob. the latter)? ___

Re: Linux is great, but is it cool?

* Robin T Cox peremptorily fired off this memo: On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:31:13 -0600, thad05 wrote: Of course we could both be wrong. I've also heard it said that a geek is someone who eats lightbulbs. So how many geeks does it take to change a light bulb? Zero. The person complaining

Are There Any Situations In Which Proprietary Software Is Acceptable?

Hi. That's the question. Do you consider there to be _any_ situations, _at all_, where proprietary software/restricting the freedom of the user is a good thing to do or at least *not objectionable* on ethical/moral grounds (according to Free Software advocates' moral/ethical systems.)?

Re: Are There Any Situations In Which Proprietary Software Is Acceptable?

Yes, but http://folding.stanford.edu is not one of them. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss