Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-12 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: ... I knew you'll bite. That's why I've omitted as such and said just linking, not linking as such. It's just like the upcoming EU patent law harmonization directive and software as such. Bwahahah. Seriously, if A and B

Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-13 Thread David Kastrup
Stefaan A Eeckels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:31:15 +0100 David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stefaan A Eeckels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A book that refers the user to a dictionary for the definition of a number of words is not a derivative work

Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
Stefaan A Eeckels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:59:23 +0100 David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stefaan A Eeckels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tell me to respect the wishes of the author, and I'm all with you, even if these wishes seem - at first sight - rather

Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
an incompatible licence and one can't cleanly separate the parts into on the page into separate components, the whole is a derivative work and can only be distributed as a whole under the GPL or not at all. It is not that hard to understand. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-14 Thread David Kastrup
to mailing list only. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-15 Thread David Kastrup
of downloadable software around with restrictions on use and redistribution: AFPL, shareware, even MS-EULA-ware. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: REPOST: Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

2005-03-17 Thread David Kastrup
. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Adobe Open Source License GPL compatible?

2005-04-12 Thread David Kastrup
COPIES of YOUR copy and (re)DISTRIBUTE them unless you have distribution rights. This is plain default copyright law. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org

Re: Richard Stallman

2005-04-14 Thread David Kastrup
. And those papers tell quite a lot more about Stallman than could be subsumed in a religious lapel pin, anyway. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Adobe Open Source License GPL compatible?

2005-04-21 Thread David Kastrup
they can't be sure to prevail with it. But that does not change that there is a lot of code around which _does_ fit the GPL protection when linking with it. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Bill Gates doesn't want Americans working for him

2005-04-30 Thread David Kastrup
actually be cheaper. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: [Wallace v. FSF/GPL] Civil Complaint No. 1:05-cv-0618-JDT-TAB

2005-05-02 Thread David Kastrup
. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: how much is too much?

2005-05-24 Thread David Kastrup
that the FSF themselves believe that they are unlikely to get sued over such trivial code pieces. And that they believe nobody could claim based on that that the FSF has dirty hands when they sue for copyright misuse themselves. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: how much is too much?

2005-05-25 Thread David Kastrup
escapes me how you can imagine to have the right to do that. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: how much is too much?

2005-05-30 Thread David Kastrup
different in the context of the law and of computing. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: how much is too much?

2005-05-30 Thread David Kastrup
, you can leave them alone. But you are not free to grab more than what was offered to you. This is not enforcing the license. It is enforcing the copyright from which you were only given relief under conditions you chose not to accept. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: how much is too much?

2005-05-31 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Hasler wrote: [plonked] David Kastrup writes: What would it mean to enforce a unilateral permission? It would mean to produce it as a defense against an infringement claim by the copyright owner. Right. I'd not call that enforce. I'd

Re: GPL Code calling non GPL code

2005-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Christopher Browne wrote: Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] would write: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Hasler wrote: ... http://www.linuxworld.com/read/49064_4.htm Linuxworld

Re: My Linux is not your Linux

2005-06-20 Thread David Kastrup
utilities. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Placing GPL licensed application's installer in a properietaryapplication's installer

2005-06-21 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wahaj Khan wrote: ... One and two are the same. Mere aggregation. It is nonsensical to talk about aggregation if one aggregate is not even accessible for separate use. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: et le connard déblatère

2005-07-11 Thread David Kastrup
required that the product, however priced or available, is then licensed under the GPL and includes the source code. So you better explain what exactly is your complaint. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list

Re: What does the FSF advocate regarding non-free software

2005-08-03 Thread David Kastrup
software? The copyright laws protecting non-free software are the same laws as those protecting free software. The FSF cooperates with several other organizations trying to limit the overreaching extent of copyright laws. This sort of lobbying affects both free and non-free software. -- David

Re: Licensing question about the BSD

2005-08-09 Thread David Kastrup
can distribute them as I see fit (apart from rental) without the authority of the copyright owner. But you could not create them in the first place without the authority of the copyright owner. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu

Re: Licensing question about the BSD

2005-08-09 Thread David Kastrup
violation (no contract says FSF). That's it. If you fetch 20 copies of some GPl'ed software, you can give away _those_ 20 copies in the manner you wish. Where fetch means lawfully acquire. Something like buying a copy. Or having gained explicit permission to make such a copy. -- David Kastrup

Re: Licensing question about the BSD

2005-08-09 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hear that (plonked) GNUtian dak Your lies about your plonking are as transparent as your lies about the GPL. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc

Re: Licensing question about the BSD

2005-08-09 Thread David Kastrup
as such. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Licensing question about the BSD

2005-08-09 Thread David Kastrup
Linux-Klausel in the most recent UrhG, my dear (plonked) GNUtian dak. Sure. But the GPL is not a gift certificate. It is a licence. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http

Re: inhouse forking?

2005-08-10 Thread David Kastrup
on my computer: Do I have to make my changes public anyway? No. Google for GPL FAQ, I think this is covered. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: GDL Guidebook : Help please !

2005-08-14 Thread David Kastrup
a _particular_ guideline is not met by your license. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: garbage deleted

2005-09-28 Thread David Kastrup
in what the clueless cretin who posts those things has to say. \[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a group of posters I don't care reading from. Looks like the latest worm to me, and it certainly has hit the GNU mailing lists pretty heavy. Moderating a lot of those out on my lists. -- David Kastrup

Re: why is non-free software immoral?

2005-10-04 Thread David Kastrup
to avoid such conflicts of interest. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Gnu license

2005-11-02 Thread David Kastrup
price you wish. Be aware that your customers might choose to copy and pass on your software. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2005-12-19 Thread David Kastrup
fare in court. The MySQL people can tell you whether you'd be likely to be dragged into court in the first place. If you are not satisfied with the answer from the MySQL people, you can still contact a lawyer. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: Appropriate List for GPL Discussions?

2006-01-19 Thread David Kastrup
authored by a programmer-not-a-lawyer RMS, it has no legal effect whatsoever. Hope this helps. In case this is not very obvious already, following Mr Terekhov's advice with regard to the GPL does not involve erring on the safe side, to put it mildly. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-01-31 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] That must be why we have all those copyright violation lawsuits going on. We don't have any lawsuits. You (gnu.org folk), on the other hand

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-01-31 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] That must be why we have all those copyright violation lawsuits going on. We don't have any lawsuits. You (gnu.org folk), on the other hand, have a nice lawsuit from Wallace. Kudos to him for calling the bluff

Re: GNU General Public License?

2006-01-31 Thread David Kastrup
right in the GNU Republic) or GPL compatible license (but that's for extra regulation fee) is a felony under GNU law. You are babbling. Of course you were babbling above as well, but I chose to use that as an excuse for showing something people tend not to realize. -- David Kastrup

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-01 Thread David Kastrup
Alfred M\. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And if you use it internally in a business then you are distributing the program to anyone who uses it. Your opinion differs from that in the GPL FAQ as writtem by the FSF. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-02 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 11:43 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: Barry Margolin wrote: [...] But that's not really a good analogy

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-02 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GNUtian logic in action. GNUtian David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One can download a copy of GPL'd work (without any I accept

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-02 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For the sake of nailing stupid dak once again... David Kastrup wrote: [...] But copyright law does not allow you redistribution of copies. The GPL grants you additional rights. You are free not to accept those additional rights. quote source

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-03 Thread David Kastrup
use. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
is internal for my use, and then simply refuse to release the source to anyone, since it is `internal use', if one would follow your thread. Tell that to the FSF and to judges and lawyers in general. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
and worker property remain separate. Even if you are living in a communistic state, the unity is merely theoretical. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
to release that modified version to outsiders. However, when the organization transfers copies to other organizations or individuals, that is distribution. In particular, providing copies to contractors for use off-site is distribution. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
from your predetermined views that are in flat contradiction to how the law operates, and consequently also to what the FSF states. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
in general. Maybe I will. :-) Good luck. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
resides on is. But you have no license to do whatever you want with the content if you just have a copy that is the property of the company you are working for. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alfred M\. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And if I let you run a program from a CD of mine, the CD then becomes yours? Because CDs can be copied? CDs are still physical like cars. Apples vs rocks. You'll be hard put to run a program without a physical copy. -- David Kastrup

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-05 Thread David Kastrup
it is the interpretation of the FSF as well. Read the FAQ. I pointed out the article number to you after you claimed that this was not in the FAQ. Claiming falsehoods about what people say or don't say seem to happen a lot to you. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-05 Thread David Kastrup
more sense than you on a bad day. Look, get a clue about corporate law. It is not so hard to do. If a company were not a legal entity of its own, there would not need to be such laws. And if you don't believe me about this, read the GPL FAQ. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-05 Thread David Kastrup
under the GPL (or intending to do so) does not magically make it ubiquitous. Even when I finish it, it does not mean that it ends up on archive servers magically. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-07 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] If it is from September 2004 and has not been overruled since then, it Sitecom didn't bothered. So what? If the issue would have been unimportant to them, they'd have ceded without waiting for an injunction, wouldn't

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-09 Thread David Kastrup
an advantage in the long run. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL Anti-DRM Clause

2006-02-10 Thread David Kastrup
. You'll only get stuff that is _designed_ to be junk after few years, at the cost of sustainable resources. DRM is just putting into practice for software what has been the rule for hardware: built-in self-destruction. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-10 Thread David Kastrup
the terms under which person B might make use of person A's physical property. You really don't get internal use. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-10 Thread David Kastrup
the content of the copy is the sole right of the copy's owner. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
have been gained by accidental server misconfiguration) is not a license to do so: if I leave open the door to my house by mistake, that does not allow you to enter and read my books. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [... license not a contract ...] Only if it's a license to do something regulated by government. Like a permit to run a public lottery or become a gun dealer. Such permits from state are neither contracts nor property

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
to that. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for installing on multiple computers, I think that it's totally OK. For example, I can install it on a computer at my home and on another computer at my dacha. The key

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Nope. It gives you additional rights depending on conditions. You can accept the conditions and make use of the rights, or you can leave it be. No contract. There is no obligation to accept the conditions

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
not give you a copy. The copy is still his own. He granted you temporary use in the course of his work. I don't give my head to a barber. I just grant him access to it, and he is not free to do with it as if it were his own. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] What breach? Distribution of authorized copies fall under first sale. Sure, but there has been no unconditional authorization. So we are talking about distribution of unauthorized copies. The act of distribution

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Conditional authorization does not magically turn into unconditional authorization. A promise on my part to forbear from distribution right under first sale and instead do what you decree is a covenant

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-11 Thread David Kastrup
Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What about licensee don't you understand? The part which (you claim) states that only the owner of the physical media on which the copy is 'fixed' can become a licensee. Well, that is common law. You are only

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-12 Thread David Kastrup
Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For example you borrow from the library a book which comes with a CD containing GPL'd software. Under the terms of the GPL are you not entitled to make a copy

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread David Kastrup
Bernd Jendrissek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-13 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Uh, you are being confused. Learn to follow the links, dak. I'm not the author. Kevin Hall is the author. So you disagree with him and still quite him? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: Intellectual Property II

2006-02-13 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Uh, you are being confused. Learn to follow the links, dak. I'm not the author. Kevin Hall is the author. So you disagree with him

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread David Kastrup
to the physical copy, it applies to the software. Please read the license, it even says so But you can't get the software without accessing the physical media, and what you are allowed to do with the media is its owner's decision. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-14 Thread David Kastrup
*THE*LICENSEE*. The GNU General Public License version 2 explcicly states this. It doesn't. And waffling about that won't change it. Quote anything that would state such a thing. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-15 Thread David Kastrup
the content of the letters is not tangible property. You still confuse access and ownership. The owner is the licensee, nobody else. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http

Re: Eben was absent that day in law school

2006-02-23 Thread David Kastrup
the terms under which the software was offered. Id. - My, this is such a fun. Kudos to Wallace. For making a royal fool of himself? Have you ever seen a contract stating: 5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. -- David Kastrup

Re: Eben was absent that day in law school

2006-02-23 Thread David Kastrup
. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Eben was absent that day in law school

2006-02-23 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Barnes Thornburg LLP on price: --- Plaintiff's argument [...] is untenable [...] He he. You are hopping with glee because a commentary butchers the theories

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-21 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: misc.int-property added David Kastrup wrote: [...] appealing this dismissal is not going to be too easy, ... Oh really? Offer Wallace to lay out the money for the appeal, for a share in the winnings

Re: Commercial code is better: Cedega VS Wine

2006-03-22 Thread David Kastrup
, the international TeX user group. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-22 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Wallace_(plaintiff) Uh, the case has been closed. Get over it. Not so fast, dear. IIUC Wallace has 30 days to appeal (possible Rule 60 Motion aside for a moment). Poor Dan

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-24 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] You did not answer the question. Really? Oh dear. How about this: You still have not answered the question. And all your posting of irrelavant quotes does not change that. You are weaseling as usual. How do you

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-24 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] So you feel unable to face the facts. The fact is The fact is that there is a lot of competition between GNU/Linux vendors and very little between proprietary operating system vendors because they all create

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-24 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] in more innovation. He said nothing of that sort AFAICT, Fire a search for more innovation in http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/WallaceFSFGrantingDismiss.pdf So your pseudo-quote about price-fixing at zero was a plain

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-24 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] So your pseudo-quote about price-fixing at zero was a plain lie. Oh dear. http://sco.tuxrocks.com/Docs/Wallace_v_FSF/Wallace_v_FSF-17.pdf A. Vertical maximum price restraints are not per se unlawful. The essence

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-25 Thread David Kastrup
. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-26 Thread David Kastrup
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 18:59 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: David Kastrup wrote: [...] So you feel unable to face the facts. The fact is that the GPL price-fixes IP at zero. Really? Global File System: 2200 USD. GPL'ed. https

Re: Commercial code is better: Cedega VS Wine

2006-03-27 Thread David Kastrup
. That Usenet group has been completely claimed by trolls. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Commercial code is better: Cedega VS Wine

2006-03-27 Thread David Kastrup
, as expressed in your pseudonym behind which you hide. Why should anybody bother about the insinuations of a troll? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)

2006-03-27 Thread David Kastrup
why he did it. To me, it appears that he is less versed in antitrust than Wallace. To you a lot of things appear. Legal competence necessitates a certain correlation to what things appear to judges. And they apparently have not been raised in Terekhov land. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15

Re: Should the FSF back monopolisation by M$?

2006-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
not to try bedding them. Microsoft is by and large irrelevant to free software as long as they don't indulge in business practices that harm free software, like pressuring vendors into producing hardware that is incapable of running it. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: Should the FSF back monopolisation by M$?

2006-04-23 Thread David Kastrup
Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Kastrup wrote: Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Kastrup wrote: Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Should the FSF back complete monopolisation by Microsoft, or should

Re: denying rights?

2006-05-10 Thread David Kastrup
is registered as a trademark), but that's about it. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2006-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
, and intentionally misleading. Some hobby of his. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2006-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
that practice, the GPL has been written. No, there is no way around it, since that is the _purpose_ of the GPL. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman

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

2006-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
? No. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2006-05-13 Thread David Kastrup
that the patch is useless without GPL software is irrelevant - that's not the way copyright law works. Gas engines are useless without gas, but that doesn't mean I need a license from an oil company to sell engines. Because oil is a substance, not a medium with copyable content. -- David

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

2006-05-13 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't care what you say. Thanks to Wallace, the GPL drafter is on record: quote In fact, the GPL itself rejects any automatic aggregation of software copyrights under

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

2006-05-13 Thread David Kastrup
only related by topic. You can throw out parts and retain a compilation. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

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

2006-05-13 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't care what you say. Thanks to Wallace, the GPL drafter is on record: quote In fact, the GPL

Re: GPL and inhouse use?

2006-05-14 Thread David Kastrup
require me to publish my source code to the world? No. What's wrong with the GPL FAQ? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL and inhouse use?

2006-05-16 Thread David Kastrup
keep it 'in-house' ? Right now the GPL makes a distinction for in-house code. Only if you distribute binaries do you have to share the source. I was just saying that that should change: also in-house code should be shared, once it's out of testing. Why should that change? -- David Kastrup

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