Re: Moglen's bullshit rap at its finest

2010-02-06 Thread peterwn
On Feb 7, 1:50 am, RJack wrote: > > > Everyone wants a piece of you these days: Google, Facebook, Flickr, > > Apple, AT&T, Bing. They’ll give you free e-mail, free photo storage, > > free web hosting, even a free date. They just want to listen in. And > > you can’t wait to let them. They’ll store

Re: "The Free software Movement is a Scam" -Alfred Szmidt GNU.org

2005-10-14 Thread peterwn
A negative amount if you include in your ads 'John Doe Computers recommends Microsoft Windows' (as well as pre-loading all computers sold with Windows and not pushing Linux stuff). ___ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.g

Re: Looking for an open source license..

2006-06-24 Thread peterwn
Karen Hill wrote: > Take a look at my "Freedom License". The GPL is vulnerable in one > particular way. The GPL does not suit everyones' needs. There are some people who just feel happier with M$ software complete with a EULA including a freedom clause - one that allows the BSA to bang down yo

Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros"

2006-06-28 Thread peterwn
Karen Hill wrote: > "I think, of the 500 distributions tracked by DistroWatch, probably 450 > of them are in trouble right now per this position.", says Warren > Woodford, founder of the Memphis Linux distro. > > http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1728205&tid=150 Indeed, Flatf

Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros"

2006-06-28 Thread peterwn
Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Sigh. We are talking about a _license_ here. > > I'll take it that you've finally groked that in spite of bullshit > rhetoric spouted by Moglen and his client, IP licenses are contracts. Are you a lawyer? Note that Eben Moglen is an Ivy League law professor and has

Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros"

2006-06-29 Thread peterwn
> Moglen makes extraordinary claims about the GPL, so why doesn't he come > forward with the appropriate legal citations? There are not any - no one so far has had the guts to say to Eb - 'see you in court'. > Moglen is a J.D. with a > Ph.D. in history and not an LL.M. So how did he get admitted

Re: The SFLC has pleaded their clients right out of court

2010-05-04 Thread peterwn
On Apr 16, 2:36 am, Hyman Rosen wrote: > On 4/15/2010 9:43 AM, RJack wrote: > > > The statement ". . . (a) Plaintiffs’ copyrights are unique and valuable > > property whose market value is impossible to assess, . . ." > > automatically establishes the fact that any alleged injury is > > "conjectur