Re: Richard Stallman should be reinstated to President of the FSF

2022-02-20 Thread andrew
st all enemies, foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. (Adapted from RMS) Andrew Yu (https://www.andrewyu.org) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Why not publish official manuals in epub?

2012-05-31 Thread Andrew Haley
o convert to > anything else so I wonder if it wasn't a good idea to publish GNU > manuals in EPUB as well. It's an open standard and may be even more > popular in the future. I think it's just a matter of someone deciding to do it.

Re: Stallmanism.com

2012-03-28 Thread Andrew Haley
; I don't think this is true: only GPL- compatible Free Software Licenses are included. ;-) Andrew. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: SFLC won a motion

2012-03-28 Thread Andrew Haley
WIPO is clear: "The purpose of copyright and related rights is twofold: to encourage a dynamic creative culture, while returning value to creators so that they can lead a dignified economic existence, and to provide widespread, affordable access to content for the public." Andrew. _

Re: GPL'd utilities of libc6

2012-03-28 Thread Andrew Haley
ht" (which is GPL'd). Would someone tell > me which shared objects constitute these utilities? Surely the utilities are the programs you run from the command line whereas the library is the part you link to. But that's just my guess, and you'll have to ha

Re: "GNU GPL Version 3: The Law Making Process"

2010-05-05 Thread Andrew
te money on Open Source. Defenders of Property Rights is concerned that Open Source might be a threat to intellectual property rights. However, I was able to detect a common theme to all their criticism. They all seem to be funded by Microsoft." Andrew.

Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library

2010-05-05 Thread Andrew Haley
rks best. Libraries sometimes have different needs from applications. Andrew. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL traitor !

2009-06-16 Thread Andrew Halliwell
nly static linking falls under copyright law. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | spi...@freenet.co.uk|in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you| | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. | | Andrew Hal

Re: GPL traitor !

2009-06-16 Thread Andrew Halliwell
time (static), one is linked at execution time (dynamic). -- | spi...@freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | | |in| "I think so brain, but this time

Re: GPL traitor !

2009-06-15 Thread Andrew Halliwell
> you call the dynamic linker makes no difference. It does, y'know. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and| |in

Re: GPL traitor ! OT?: can my program say "GO RUN

2009-06-14 Thread Andrew Halliwell
in any way to any other GPL library or otherwise contain any GPL code, there's no problem. One thing though... Haven't you ever heard of the pipe? -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a| | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch t

Re: Tom Tom and Microsofts Linux patent lock-down ..

2009-03-17 Thread Andrew Halliwell
he right person (like in the RIAA's examples), they do too. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't | |in| suck is probably the day they star

Re: Tom Tom and Microsofts Linux patent lock-down ..

2009-03-17 Thread Andrew Halliwell
y. Where's the justice in that? The innocent should face absolutely no consequences for being willing to defend themselves and winning. -- | spi...@freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Halliwell BSc |

Re: [!NEWS] The GNUtards Must Be Crazy

2009-03-13 Thread Andrew Halliwell
t. Took it to court and won. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't | |in| suck is probably the day they start making

Re: Acacia patent interactive mapping ..

2009-03-03 Thread Andrew Halliwell
more. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" | |in| "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK | | C

Re: Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents ..

2009-03-01 Thread Andrew Halliwell
facturers to eliminate > support for micoshaft products. Windows already HAS ext2 drivers written for it. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" | |in

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Halliwell
x27;t move, with no hope of rescue. | | Andrew Halliwell BSc|Consider how lucky you are that life has been | | in |good to you so far... | |Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.| _

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Halliwell
of business by raising > prices a little. Would america impose a trade embargo if they tried importing more tomtoms into america if they shut up shop and moved out of the country? Does microsoft have that much power? -- | spi...@freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm ponde

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Doctor Smith wrote: > I wouldn't let Wine anywhere near a gadget like that. > What do you do when Wine bricks the thing? I copied the memory card to a safe location before trying. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Ha

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
| graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | |in|microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science |can'

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
t using the windows software. And it does run on wine (partially), backup works, firmware update doesn't but that doesn't matter cos it's just a matter of downloading and copying a couple of files to the tomtom. I've not tried the community stuff or adding PoI. -- | spi...@free

Re: Microsoft going after Linux?

2009-02-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
net.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't | |in| suck is probably the day they start making | | Computer science | vacuum cleaners&

Re: Artifex v. Diebold: "The GPL is non-commercial!"

2009-02-08 Thread Andrew Halliwell
bit extensions and a| | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | |in|microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science |can't

Re: Artifex v. Diebold: "The GPL is non-commercial!"

2009-02-08 Thread Andrew Halliwell
urce software all your software would need to be opened too. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | spi...@freenet.co.uk|in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you| | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. | | A

Re: Artifex v. Diebold: "The GPL is non-commercial!"

2009-02-07 Thread Andrew Halliwell
tandard copyright law holds sway whenever the GPL is not in action. And they are illegally shipping pirated software as they have absolutely no permission to distribute it. -- | spi...@freenet.co.uk | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "ARS

Re: [ROFL] GCC's GPLv3 "Updated License Exception"

2009-02-03 Thread Andrew Halliwell
2 bit extensions and a| | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | |in|microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science |can't

Re: Now it's my compiler!

2008-09-27 Thread Andrew Halliwell
thbrush. -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and| |in| get out the puncture repair kit!" | | Computer

Re: GPL propaganda

2008-09-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Rjack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oh, I plan to... >> But you need to learn how to read. >> You were replying to chrisv. > > Sorry Andrew. . . > Years of attempting to decipher script-kiddie dialects > has weakened my eyes. Just as well I only speak in pl

Re: GPL propaganda

2008-09-26 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Rjack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > chrisv wrote: >> Andrew Halliwell wrote: >> >>> Why all the GPL FUD "jack"? If you don't agree with the GPL, >>> don't try to distribute any software under it. >>> >>> simple as

Re: GPL propaganda

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew Halliwell
heading. Do you really think > that by repeating the same thing, you will get a different result? Or, as Stewart Lee used to say to Richard Herring... "Saying it in a squeeky voice won't make it any more true..." -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch!

Re: GPL propaganda

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew Halliwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't | |in| suck is probably the day they start making | | Computer science | vacuum c

Re: Now it's my compiler!

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew Halliwell
gt; you bound by the GPL yourself. >> >> By eck, the quality of trolls these days is shocking. > > By eck? Is that shorthand script-kiddie? No, look it up. -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED],uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Ha

Re: Now it's my compiler!

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew Halliwell
bluster and FUDy lies. -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED],uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | | |in| "I think so brain, but this time, you control | | Compute

Re: Now it's my compiler!

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew Halliwell
code with no restrictions. Only if you include other people's GPL code are you bound by the GPL yourself. By eck, the quality of trolls these days is shocking. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|in the ground beneath a giant boulde

Re: GPL propaganda

2008-09-25 Thread Andrew Halliwell
27;s the complexity there? What is so difficult for you to grasp? -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and| |in| get out the puncture repair kit!"

Re: The GPL dream is finally over!

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Halliwell
6 bit patch to an 8 bit | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit | |in|microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that| | Computer Science |can't stand 1 bit of competition. |

Re: The GPL dream is finally over!

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Halliwell
Rjack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Halliwell wrote: >> Rjack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Anyone who finds that language ambiguous should probably return to >>> kindergarten for a refresher course in reading skills. It's either >>>

Re: The GPL dream is finally over!

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Halliwell
equired in that license was attribution (which they had failed to comply with) If it's the decision I'm thinking of anyway. -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a| | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit | | A

Re: The GPL dream is finally over!

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Halliwell
t prior consent from the distro. That would set the USA back god knows how much, or put the rest of the world at a massive advantage at least. I don't think even george is stupid enough to commit national suicide like that. -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED],uk | "Are you pondering what I&

Re: What OS is used By Richard Stallman

2008-01-04 Thread Andrew Gray
jellybean stonerfish wrote: On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:21:56 -0800, Andrew Gray wrote: Ignoramus5311 wrote: he is my hero from late childhood what OS is he using? thanks i This question has not been answered a single time, so this thread needs to continue without the presentation of new, more

Re: What OS is used By Richard Stallman

2008-01-04 Thread Andrew Gray
Ignoramus5311 wrote: he is my hero from late childhood what OS is he using? thanks i This question has not been answered a single time, so this thread needs to continue without the presentation of new, more applicable topics. I could be really out of place with this. -- Andrew Gray Free

Re: Free Software Lifestyle

2008-01-02 Thread Andrew Gray
ive usage. It doesn't mean I'm not apt to slip up every once in a while either by cultural "necessity" or ignorance, but I'm still *trying*. It certainly is a bit of a stretch, but the comparison makes sense to me. -- Andrew Gray Free software | Free minds | Free neighbors

Re: Free Software Lifestyle

2007-12-31 Thread Andrew Gray
. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Hey, thanks! I really should go through my software bookmarks more often to check up on those projects!! Installed ; ) -- Andrew Gray Free software | Free minds | Free neighbors | Free world ___ gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Free Software Lifestyle

2007-12-31 Thread Andrew Gray
take TXT, or I would have been out on several essays for the past few years, although I still lost points because it wasn't formatted "correctly". -- Andrew Gray Free software | Free minds | Free neighbors | Free world ___ gnu-misc-d

Re: Bill Gates doesn't want Americans working for him

2005-07-24 Thread Andrew
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:29:44 -0700, Sandlin wrote: > masked, > You're right, but you know, the American people will (and I think > are) catching on this predatory attitude, and Gates' empire is going to > come down. Eventually. But this ass is going to do a whole bunch more damage to the