Re: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread bofh
I don't thinl this helps openbsd or anyone else. As Theo is already working with the individuals involved, and hasn't asked for help, I think rather than saying "I think you're going to suck", let's see what happens. Going ovewrboard isn't going to help anyone. On 9/16/07, J.C. Roberts <[EMAIL

Re: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sunday 16 September 2007, Eben Moglen wrote: > Also, and again for the last time, let me state that SFLC's > instructions from its clients are to establish all the facts > concerning the development of the current relevant code (which means > the painstaking reconstruction of several independent

Re: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread David H. Lynch Jr.
Constantine A. Murenin wrote: Most noticeably, I fail to see any credits to Reyk Floeter in the above press release. Moreover, back when the release was first posted at the above address, there was no credit even to the OpenBSD project, which I found simply outrageous! Only after I (and possibl

Re: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread Constantine A. Murenin
On 16/09/2007, Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:17:41AM -0400, Eben Moglen wrote: > > We will make no more public statements until the work is complete, and > > we will be neither hurried nor intimidated by people who shout at us > > instead of helping. > > http://

Re: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread Lars Noodén
Thanks for the detailed response. There have also been some very articulate and fact-oriented responses here from the OpenBSD Misc list as well. I will repeat and elaborate on what I wrote in my first response which I gave the subject "Divide and conquer (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)" Although t

Re: Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread Marc Espie
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:17:41AM -0400, Eben Moglen wrote: > We will make no more public statements until the work is complete, and > we will be neither hurried nor intimidated by people who shout at us > instead of helping. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/jul/31/openhal/ As I said in

Statement by SFLC (was Re: Wasting our Freedom)

2007-09-16 Thread Eben Moglen
On Sunday, 16 September 2007, J.C. Roberts wrote: Let's say someone took the linux kernel source from the official repository, removed the GPL license and dedicated the work to public domain or put it under any other license, and for kicks back-dated the files so they are older than