Alan wrote:
If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we
don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there is no
plan to put it back (except if you get a royalted free license for
commercial distribution of xmatrix from The Matrix artwork authors..)
J.A. Magallon wrote:
On 2002.04.24 Geoffrey Lee wrote:
of The Matrix artwork ?
If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we
don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there is no
plan to put it back (except if you get a royalted free license for
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 06:12 am, Frederic Crozat wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:02:25 +0200, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
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UNIX?
Anyway, why don't you ask Geoffrey Lee why he removed the xmatrix hack.
From rpm -q --changelog xscreensaver:
* Don Feb 15 2001 Geoffrey Lee [EMAIL
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:31:39 +0200, Alan wrote:
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 06:12 am, Frederic Crozat wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:02:25 +0200, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
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UNIX?
Anyway, why don't you ask Geoffrey Lee why he removed the xmatrix
hack. From rpm -q --changelog
Ok, That screesaver is gone... someone took it out to protect Mandrake.
Moderator, Please Kill this Thread! Enough already!
Patrick
Frederic Crozat wrote:
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:31:39 +0200, Alan wrote:
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 06:12 am, Frederic Crozat wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002
On Thursday 25 April 2002 14:31, Alan wrote:
There is no artwork involved. it is a character set.
I think you guys are overracting.
I don't. Although the risk of being sued is negligible, the *damage* that
would ensue (basically, Mandrake goes under) is extreme enough to make the
choice
I think you guys are overracting.
I don't. Although the risk of being sued is negligible, the *damage* that
would ensue (basically, Mandrake goes under) is extreme enough to make the
choice uneconomical.
I don't either. From what I hear WB are complete bastards. Last I knew they
(WB)
Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002, 18:51:29 Uhr MET, schrieb Alan:
[xmatrix]
My question is why it is not included in the *standard* distribution.
NO other distribution turns off xmatrix in their binary packages. (At least
none that Jamie Zawinski has ever heard of. And he whote it!)
Here is
/* snip */
UNIX?
Anyway, why don't you ask Geoffrey Lee why he removed the xmatrix hack. From
rpm -q --changelog xscreensaver:
* Don Feb 15 2001 Geoffrey Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3.28-3mdk
- Remove the xmatrix screensaver as there are copyright problems.
Oh my gosh. I was the one who
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:02:25 +0200, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
/* snip */
UNIX?
Anyway, why don't you ask Geoffrey Lee why he removed the xmatrix hack.
From rpm -q --changelog xscreensaver:
* Don Feb 15 2001 Geoffrey Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3.28-3mdk
- Remove the xmatrix screensaver as
On 2002.04.24 Frederic Crozat wrote:
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:02:25 +0200, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
/* snip */
UNIX?
Anyway, why don't you ask Geoffrey Lee why he removed the xmatrix hack.
From rpm -q --changelog xscreensaver:
* Don Feb 15 2001 Geoffrey Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3.28-3mdk
-
of The Matrix artwork ?
If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we
don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there is no
plan to put it back (except if you get a royalted free license for
commercial distribution of xmatrix from The Matrix
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 09:51 am, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
Probably, or probably not.
But we can't risk our asses just because we *think* that it's ok to use
xmatrix without some sort of licensing. I'm sure that was what I felt when
I removed it.
Isn't knowing better than guessing? Someone
On Wed Apr 24 23:51 +1000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
Probably, or probably not.
But we can't risk our asses just because we *think* that it's ok to use
xmatrix without some sort of licensing. I'm sure that was what I felt when
I removed it.
Exactly. If Mandrake gets sued by the entertainment
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Levi Ramsey wrote:
On Wed Apr 24 23:51 +1000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
Probably, or probably not.
But we can't risk our asses just because we *think* that it's ok to use
xmatrix without some sort of licensing. I'm sure that was what I felt when
I removed it.
Exactly.
On 2002.04.24 Geoffrey Lee wrote:
of The Matrix artwork ?
If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we
don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there is no
plan to put it back (except if you get a royalted free license for
commercial
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 06:39:39PM +0200, Guy.Bormann wrote:
Well, instead of speculating, it's maybe time to actually consult a
lawyer for this type of issues. This kind of discussion will occur more
often as media companies tend to sit on their property, or what they think
should be their
On Wednesday 24 April 2002 21:12, Frederic Crozat wrote:
Is it really hard to understand that xmatrix is really a non-licensed use
of The Matrix artwork ?
If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we
don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there
spend huge amounts on lawyers) Mandrake will go under. Not could, but
will.
Well, instead of speculating, it's maybe time to actually consult a
lawyer for this type of issues. This kind of discussion will occur more
often as media companies tend to sit on their property, or what they
In looking at the spec file for xscreensaver I notice that xmatrix and
extrusion are set not to build.
extrusion I can understand because it requires a specialized GL extrusion
library.
Why is xmatrix disabled?
If it is copyright nonsense, then lament should not be there either.
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
In looking at the spec file for xscreensaver I notice that xmatrix and
extrusion are set not to build.
extrusion I can understand because it requires a specialized GL extrusion
library.
As a matter of fact, the gle library is in cooker too.
Abel
Why
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 01:25 am, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
In looking at the spec file for xscreensaver I notice that xmatrix and
extrusion are set not to build.
extrusion I can understand because it requires a specialized GL extrusion
library.
As a
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
In looking at the spec file for xscreensaver I notice that xmatrix and
extrusion are set not to build.
extrusion I can understand because it requires a specialized GL extrusion
library.
As a matter of fact, the gle library is in cooker too.
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 01:36 am, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
In looking at the spec file for xscreensaver I notice that xmatrix
and extrusion are set not to build.
extrusion I can understand because it requires a specialized GL
extrusion library.
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
xmatrix: of course it's the stupid copyright
If this is correct, then someone is stretching copyright paranoia a little too
far.
During the old days, it's pretty dangerous. When things
settle down, people tend to ignore it. But if it's brought
out
Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002, 17:10:08 Uhr MET, schrieb R.I.P. Deaddog:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
extrusion: gle is in contrib (and things on main
distro shouldn't depend on contrib stuff),
and gle is not used by anything else for now.
Perhaps adding a
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Goetz Waschk wrote:
Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002, 17:10:08 Uhr MET, schrieb R.I.P. Deaddog:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
extrusion: gle is in contrib (and things on main
[...]
Why hasn't anyone of you looked at the spec file of latest xscreensaver?
There's
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 02:10 am, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
xmatrix: of course it's the stupid copyright
If this is correct, then someone is stretching copyright paranoia a
little too far.
During the old days, it's pretty dangerous. When things
settle
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 04:05 am, Goetz Waschk wrote:
Am Dienstag, 23. April 2002, 17:10:08 Uhr MET, schrieb R.I.P. Deaddog:
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Alan wrote:
extrusion: gle is in contrib (and things on main
distro shouldn't depend on contrib stuff),
and gle
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