Hi all, It is unfortunately too easy to make the mistake of feeding the robot troll. :|
As everyone knows, Google has been quite friendly towards Free Software, but that doesn't mean all it makes is Free Software, which could certainly be improved in the future (and I hope so). My phrase below mentions TerraMetrics, but that could perfectly well be $owner_name =~ /.*/ :) Rui On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 01:01:22PM +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 08:17:46PM +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > > DiBona of Google (Open Source Programs Manager): > > > > > > "issue is that Richard wants the imagery that we ourselves do not own" > > > > > > http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:14528 > > > > This makes no sense, DiBona is not being clear enough, opening doors > > for your venom spit. > > > > In your quote, Ricard is talking about Google Earth as the non-Free > > Software program. Every non-Free Software program is designed to > > restrict freedom, it clearly says so in their license. > > > > That's completely beside the point of wanting or not the collection > > of images. IMNSHO, sattelite photos of *our* planet have no business > > being owned by TerraMetrics, the owners of Google Maps' imagery. > > <Forward Inline> > > ------- > Subject: Re: SFLC will love the 7th Circuit > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], dlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Chris; > > On 10/15/07, Chris DiBona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, you're mixing up earth (where the issue is that Richard > > wants the imagery that we ourselves do not own) and the google search > > appliance. I invite you to go mess with the mirror on code.google.com, > > Now, when it has become clear that according to GNU Law you have lost > all your licenses to GPL'd stuff inside search appliance ("permanently > for every program from every copyright holder, and has to then go and > beg forgiveness from everyone"), please consider the following opinion > from renowned GNUtian Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (famous > Portugal OOXML buster > http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2007071812280798): > > "Ricard is talking about Google Earth as the non-Free Software > program. Every non-Free Software program is designed to restrict > freedom, it clearly says so in their license. > > That's completely beside the point of wanting or not the collection of > images. IMNSHO, sattelite photos of *our* planet have no business > being owned by TerraMetrics, the owners of Google Maps' imagery." > > Checking.... > > Indeed. > > http://earth.google.com/intl/en-US/license.html > > Question: are you being disingenuous or what? > > Just curious. > > On Oct 15, 2007 9:47 AM, Philippe Verdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. > > > > > > http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/transcript_ > > > richard_stallman_honary_degree_speech_pavia_2007 > > > > > > "Google designs software specifically to restrict the user. That's the > > > nature of the Google Earth client: it is made the way it is > > > specifically to restrict the people who use it. Obviously, it's not > > > Free Software, because Free Software develops under the democratic > > > control of its users." > > regards, > alexander. > > -- > "To show the falsity of 'PJ''s claims, in most cases I need look no further > than Groklaw itself. 'PJ' wants more journalists to use the site as a > resource, so I'll do just that. Below are excerpts from my story that 'PJ' > says are incorrect, followed by 'PJ''s characterization of them, and my > response -- at times taken directly from Groklaw." > > -- http://tinyurl.com/2mn3jc > _______________________________________________ > gnu-misc-discuss mailing list > gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss -- Wibble. Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 70th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3173 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss