Re: [Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-29 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
On Sun 2002-12-29 at 13:18:20 +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: On Sunday 29 December 2002 02:10 am, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: At least I feel offended by this text: Well, don't you think that by giving out the program for free he is entitled to some accompanying words? ...and from what you've

[Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-28 Thread Götz Waschk
Am Montag, 23. Dezember 2002, 16:43:51 Uhr MET, schrieb Oden Eriksson: http://freshmeat.net/releases/107382/ I've uploaded this MIDI softsynth. I couldn't test it, because I don't have the required hardware. But it seems to be really cool. I don't know if the religious stuff in the docu is GPL

Re: [Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-28 Thread Benjamin Pflugmann
Hello. On Sat 2002-12-28 at 15:58:23 +0100, Götz Waschk wrote: Am Montag, 23. Dezember 2002, 16:43:51 Uhr MET, schrieb Oden Eriksson: http://freshmeat.net/releases/107382/ I've uploaded this MIDI softsynth. I couldn't test it, because I don't have the required hardware. But it seems to be

Re: [Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-28 Thread Jason
It does not offend me... My .0002c worth. Cheers Jason Götz Waschk wrote: Am Montag, 23. Dezember 2002, 16:43:51 Uhr MET, schrieb Oden Eriksson: http://freshmeat.net/releases/107382/ I've uploaded this MIDI softsynth. I couldn't test it, because I don't have the required hardware.

Re: [Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-28 Thread George Mitchell
I really don't think that the GPL stifles a person's freedom of speech even if that speech is offensive to some. If there is something about this that offends you, then you will need to find another peice of software. Personally I use software that is useful because it is useful. The fact

Re: [Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-28 Thread Leon Brooks
On Saturday 28 December 2002 10:58 pm, Götz Waschk wrote: I don't know if the religious stuff in the docu is GPL compliant, because it somehow limits the availability of the application. At least I feel offended by this text: If you want to use this program to make music that is against God

Re: [Cooker] Religious taboos vs. the GPL

2002-12-28 Thread Leon Brooks
On Sunday 29 December 2002 02:10 am, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: At least I feel offended by this text: Well, don't you think that by giving out the program for free he is entitled to some accompanying words? ...and from what you've said, the words are only in the licence, not in the users'