Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away coupons activity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Selected comments from groklaw visitors http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070519090322431 (Moglen's Slides and Talk on SUSE Vouchers & GPLv3 Available) -- Doubt it, there are 2 gotchas. Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 19 2007 @ 11:38 AM EDT Firstly it is FAR from clear tha

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away coupons activity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > >> > >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > Given that MS vouchers don't contain any code whatsoever, what does > >> > it have to do with copyright to begin with? > >> > >> C

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away coupons activity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Given that MS vouchers don't contain any code whatsoever, what does >> > it have to do with copyright to begin with? >> >> Copyright law prohibits a lot more than co

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away couponsactivity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] > So in that particular case, supporting Microsoft actually benefitted > Free Software. And how does the SCOTUS conclusion that A copy of Windows, not Windows in the abstract, qualifies as a "component" under §271(f) benefits Free Software, dear mini-

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away coupons activity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Sáb, 2007-05-19 às 17:29 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > And you're just stupid. Well, when are we going to see Eben finally > going to court against Microsoft? Interestingly, his latest amicus > was in support of Microsoft in the case that saved MS billions in > current (no less than 60% o

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away coupons activity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Given that MS vouchers don't contain any code whatsoever, what does > > it have to do with copyright to begin with? > > Copyright law prohibits a lot more than copying. It's always funny to see GNUtians ("free as in

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Herr Professor: "giving away couponsactivity by Microsoft is meaningless and useless"

2007-05-19 Thread Ciaran O'Riordan
Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given that MS vouchers don't contain any code whatsoever, what does > it have to do with copyright to begin with? Copyright law prohibits a lot more than copying. You're not that naive. -- Ciarán O'Riordan __ \ http://fsfeurope.