Re: Question about GPL theft

2007-04-18 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >David Kastrup writes: >> But that does not change that the copyright holder can ask a court to >> stop Microsoft from distributing his software, and can claim damages >> if he can m

Re: denying rights?

2006-05-11 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Basically, this is not the GPL, but a different license using the same >words in large parts. Maybe the FSF could demand that they call their >license something else (but I don't

Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?

2006-05-05 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dancefire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am confusing on GPL now, I need someone to clear me. Or maybe you're not confused, but just unhappy that it doesn't condone your desire to take away some of your customers' freedom

Assignment forms?

2006-04-10 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay, I've received my assignment forms, but I'm not sure if I got the right ones. I checked "yes" to "is there anyone who may have a claim to the work", since at the very least I used company equipment, and also even company time for some of the work

Re: Commercial code is better: Cedega VS Wine

2006-03-09 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> billwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dumb ass. You need something to generate DOC files. That could be >almost any WP made today, including OO. The broadband comment is >totally looney, too. At least there *is* Free Sof

Re: "Preferred form for making modifications"

2006-02-28 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stefaan A Eeckels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There can only be what the copyright holder decides the "source" code >to be. If there's nothing left but the binary, then obviously the GPL >makes little sense; any license t

Re: "Preferred form for making modifications"

2006-02-28 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Maybe, but since there's no source code, there's little value in using >the GPL, and if it was used, a distributor could find himself in >infringement since he could not

Re: "Preferred form for making modifications"

2006-02-22 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 11:32 +, Bernd Jendrissek wrote: >> The reason I wonder is that there is still an awful lot of old >> software fl

"Preferred form for making modifications"

2006-02-21 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (Or however the GPL defines "source code".) Suppose I want to release some software but I either don't want to or cannot (my house burned down 10 years ago and I lost the source scenario) release source code for it. Is it still possible for (legal) r

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-14 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bernd Jendrissek wrote: >> employee's own machine, I wonder if that might require a pro forma >> redistribution (into RAM) of an in

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-14 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Alfred M\. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The employer cannot say that I am not allowed to do so, since that >would violate the license. The employer may not legally redistribute *and* then also require the recipie

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bernd Jendrissek wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >You seem

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You seem to misunderstand. The resulting overall program containing >independent works for all its components is indeed "still just a >compilation". But it now contains a der

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-13 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The GPL can only give the owner of a copy rights. What if I, as a homeless vagrant scouring the city dump for cool stuff, some across a three-year-old CD with a bunch of GNU pack

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-10 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Original: > > unsigned explosive_power = 0; > while (still_not_eliminated("FSF")) >send_a_bomb("FSF", explosive_power += 10/*kiloton*/); > >Derivative: > > unsigned e

Re: GPL and other licences

2006-02-09 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stefaan A Eeckels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Actually, as far as I understand it, you would be the only person in >trouble. The company might have a pre-release of David's GPLed >software, but this does not give you, the

SA government should encourage sharing tech and ideas, not hoarding

2006-01-20 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://www.cbn.co.za/dailynews.php?id=1152 > A common problem experienced by capital seekers is that many funds > will only consider a business that has intellectual property such as > patents. "This is especially frustrating," says de Waal, "because a

Re: Including GPL and LGPL'ed software in a solution

2005-12-19 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The MySQL Protocol is proprietary. [...] > Because this is a GPL protocol, [...] Make up your mind. - -- "IBM has more patent litigation lawyers than SCO has employees."

Re: Protecting developer benefits in an open source project

2005-11-11 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >How could the original founder of an open source project, protect and >keep his project as his own, and prevent other external factors ( a >company or group of developers) from getting his source

Re: Dating a Dirty No-Good Slut

2005-03-10 Thread Bernd Jendrissek
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Crossposting to gnu.misc.discuss, and alt.psychology.nlp since I think this is WAY more topical there than the spam that infests g.m.d and the trainer wars that infest a.p.n now. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Michaela wrote: >MCMLXVI wrote: >> There