Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
RJack writes: > I have been poking around in the source code for BusyBox, > v.0.60.3. and unsurprisingly most every thing in the those command > line utilities are substantially similar to the old BSD4.4-lite > tree. Not only are the defendants Best But et. al. not guilty of > infringing Erik And

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov writes: > > > Hey stupid dak, here's a nice post on sublicensing. Hth. > > > > http://bsd.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=296845&cid=20592673 > > (IANAL, but I actually agree with Theo) > > > > "... Here are specific points I would make: > > > > 1) While

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hey stupid dak, here's a nice post on sublicensing. Hth. http://bsd.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=296845&cid=20592673 (IANAL, but I actually agree with Theo) "... Here are specific points I would make: 1) While the BSDL and related licenses clearly do not have the intent to force sharing of code,

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > (Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis) > > > > "Absent an explicit grant of sublicensing rights, no right to sublicense > > is generally presumed.5 ... 5 Raufast SA v. Kniers Pizzazz, Ltd., 208 > > USPQ (BNA) 699 (EDNY 1980). " > > What about "Absent

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> > (Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis) >> > >> > "Absent an explicit grant of sublicensing rights, no right to sublicense >> > is generally presumed.5 ... 5 Raufast SA v. Kniers Pizzazz, Ltd., 208 >> > USPQ (BNA) 699 (E

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
RJack writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> RJack writes: >> >>> I have been poking around in the source code for BusyBox, v.0.60.3. >>> and unsurprisingly most every thing in the those command line >>> utilities are substantially similar to the old BSD4.4-lite tree. >>> Not only are the defendants

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: [...] > The creator of a derivative work may license his work in any way > he chooses, and the BSD license does not forbid that. Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on binary-only for

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread chrisv
Peter Köhlmann wrote: >Hadron quacked: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> >>> Alexander Terekhov writes: Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on binary-only form) and not hijacked by the

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Moshe
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:22:52 -0500, RJack wrote: > Peter Köhlmann wrote: >> Hadron wrote: >> >>> David Kastrup writes: >>> Alexander Terekhov writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: >> On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: >>> That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights an

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov writes: Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD licensed code under the GPL is simply attempting to

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Peter Köhlmann wrote: Hadron wrote: David Kastrup writes: Alexander Terekhov writes: Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD licensed c

GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
I have been poking around in the source code for BusyBox, v.0.60.3. and unsurprisingly most every thing in the those command line utilities are substantially similar to the old BSD4.4-lite tree. Not only are the defendants Best But et. al. not guilty of infringing Erik Andersen's source code but

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/22/2010 4:23 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on binary-only form) and not hijacked by the GPL Really? The Open Source Initiative says a BSD license looks like th

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/22/2010 4:25 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on binary-only form) and not hijacked by the GPL retards, you moron Hyman. Really? The Open Source Initiative says a

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> BSDL licensed material does not restrict sublicensing to identical >> terms. > > It doesn't permit sublicensing at all you retard dak. > > http://books.google.de/books?id=OCGsutgMdPIC&pg=SA4-PA42&lpg=SA4-PA42&dq=sublicensing+explicit+gr

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
RJack writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: >> On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: >>> That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot >>> be licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing >>> BSD licensed code under the GPL is simply attempting to steal it. >> >> BSD-li

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: RJack writes: David Kastrup wrote: RJack writes: I have been poking around in the source code for BusyBox, v.0.60.3. and unsurprisingly most every thing in the those command line utilities are substantially similar to the old BSD4.4-lite tree. Not only are the defendan

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/22/2010 4:23 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on binary-only form) and not hijacked by the GPL Really? The Open Source Initiative says a BSD l

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov writes: > > > David Kastrup wrote: > > [...] > >> >> > Dak boy is having a problem understanding § 35 Abs. 1 Satz 1 UrhG: > >> >> > > >> >> > http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/__35.html > >> >> > (§ 35 Einräumung weiterer Nutzungsrechte) > >> >>

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> >> > Dak boy is having a problem understanding § 35 Abs. 1 Satz 1 UrhG: >> >> > >> >> > http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/__35.html >> >> > (§ 35 Einräumung weiterer Nutzungsrechte) >> >> > >> >> > "(1) Der Inhaber eines ausschließ

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > Hey stupid dak, here's a nice post on sublicensing. Hth. > > http://bsd.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=296845&cid=20592673 > (IANAL, but I actually agree with Theo) > > "... Here are specific points I would make: > > 1) While the BSDL and related licenses clearly do not

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: RJack writes: I have been poking around in the source code for BusyBox, v.0.60.3. and unsurprisingly most every thing in the those command line utilities are substantially similar to the old BSD4.4-lite tree. Not only are the defendants Best But et. al. not guilty of infr

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > >> > Dak boy is having a problem understanding § 35 Abs. 1 Satz 1 UrhG: > >> > > >> > http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/urhg/__35.html > >> > (§ 35 Einräumung weiterer Nutzungsrechte) > >> > > >> > "(1) Der Inhaber eines ausschließlichen Nutzungsrechts kann weitere > >

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov writes: >> >> > RJack wrote: >> > [...] >> >> Substitute the words "tranfer of contractual interest" for "sub-license" >> >> so that you will no longer sound utterly confused DAK. >> >> >> >> Are you having a problem un

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/22/2010 4:35 PM, RJack wrote: No matter what you say or how many time you say it, BSD licensed code remains under the BSD license and not the GPL license. Derivative works of BSD-licensed code may be otherwise licensed. Indeed, that's why anti-GPL cranks think it's a superior license. In

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD licensed code under the GPL is simply attempting to steal it. BSD-licensed code gives others the right to create derivativ

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> > 2) Copyright law seems even in the US holds that nonexclusive licenses >> > are clearly indivisible and do not automatically grant sublicense >> > rights (a sublicense being a new license issued by a licensee). >> >> The GPL is used for d

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov writes: > > > RJack wrote: > > [...] > >> Substitute the words "tranfer of contractual interest" for "sub-license" > >> so that you will no longer sound utterly confused DAK. > >> > >> Are you having a problem understanding the concept of "transfer of

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > Ein Recht zur Lizenzierung von Dritten muss deshalb zwischen dem > Urheber und dem Inhaber des ausschließlichen Nutzungsrechtes > ausdrücklich vereinbart werden > > Which

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > RJack wrote: > [...] >> Substitute the words "tranfer of contractual interest" for "sub-license" >> so that you will no longer sound utterly confused DAK. >> >> Are you having a problem understanding the concept of "transfer of >> contractual interest" when it concer

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
RJack wrote: [...] > Substitute the words "tranfer of contractual interest" for "sub-license" > so that you will no longer sound utterly confused DAK. > > Are you having a problem understanding the concept of "transfer of > contractual interest" when it concerns a non-exclusive copyright license?

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> > Under the German copyright act ONLY EXCLUSIVE LICENSEES CAN >> > SUBLICENSE. >> >> Wrong. You still don't get it. Exclusive licensees _automatically_ >> receive the right to sublicense. > > Not automatically, dummkopf dak. > > ht

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] http://www.lehrer-online.de/dyn/bin/366209-369076-1-uebertragung_von_nutzungsrechten.pdf "Inhabern ausschließlicher Nutzungsrechte vorbehalten Die Einräumung von Unternutzungsrechten ist allerdings dem Inhaber eines

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > Under the German copyright act ONLY EXCLUSIVE LICENSEES CAN > > SUBLICENSE. > > Wrong. You still don't get it. Exclusive licensees _automatically_ > receive the right to sublicense. Not automatically, dummkopf dak. http://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/index.php?id=%

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> > http://www.lehrer-online.de/dyn/bin/366209-369076-1-uebertragung_von_nutzungsrechten.pdf >> > >> > "Inhabern ausschließlicher Nutzungsrechte vorbehalten >> > >> > Die Einräumung von Unternutzungsrechten ist allerdings dem Inhaber >> >

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > http://www.lehrer-online.de/dyn/bin/366209-369076-1-uebertragung_von_nutzungsrechten.pdf > > > > "Inhabern ausschließlicher Nutzungsrechte vorbehalten > > > > Die Einräumung von Unternutzungsrechten ist allerdings dem Inhaber > > eines ausschließlichen Nutzungsrechte

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
RJack wrote: [...] > None of those *six* things involve "authorizing" others to "authorize". > You're seeing double dear DAK. Dak is of opinion that the BSDL is a sort of http://www.ftb.ca.gov/law/Poa/index.shtml (POA with the entire world named as an attoney in fact LOL) authorizing GNUtains to

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Hyman Rosen wrote: > > On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: > > That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be > > licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD > > licensed code under the GPL is simply attempting to steal it. > > BSD-licensed code give

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > Can you quote the BSDL's arrangement regarding sublicensing, stupid > dak? I already quoted the BSDL with regard to the conditions under which is allows copying and modification. Those are not in conflict with licensing the resulting whole work (and it would be pret

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov writes: > > > For silly dak, info in German... > > > > http://www.patente-stuttgart.de/index.php?page=literatur&page2=aufsatzlizenz1 > > > > "Eine weitere Lizenzart ist die Unterlizenz. Hierbei leitet der > > Lizenznehmer sein Benutzungsrecht von eine

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> You are confused. If I am the owner of a horse, I can authorize someone >> else to sell it, even though ownership gives _me_ the exclusive right. >> >> The whole point of authorization is to enable someone to act in one's >> behalf. >

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > For silly dak, info in German... > > http://www.patente-stuttgart.de/index.php?page=literatur&page2=aufsatzlizenz1 > > "Eine weitere Lizenzart ist die Unterlizenz. Hierbei leitet der > Lizenznehmer sein Benutzungsrecht von einem anderen Lizenznehmer ab, der > seinerse

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: RJack writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] BSDL licensed material does not restrict sublicensing to identical terms. "Absent an explicit grant of sublicensing rights, no right to sublicense is generally presumed.5 ... 5 R

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > You are confused. If I am the owner of a horse, I can authorize someone > else to sell it, even though ownership gives _me_ the exclusive right. > > The whole point of authorization is to enable someone to act in one's > behalf. Uh retard dak. http://en.wikipedia.o

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
For silly dak, info in German... http://www.patente-stuttgart.de/index.php?page=literatur&page2=aufsatzlizenz1 "Eine weitere Lizenzart ist die Unterlizenz. Hierbei leitet der Lizenznehmer sein Benutzungsrecht von einem anderen Lizenznehmer ab, der seinerseits mit dem Patentinhaber einen Lizenzver

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > RJack wrote: > > [...] > >> Unfortunately DAK your lack of understanding of the English language > > Best of dak's moronity this week thus far: > > "as opposed to patents, copyright applies to rights connected with > physical copies. " Perhaps you should make yourse

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
RJack writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> Alexander Terekhov writes: >> >>> David Kastrup wrote: [...] BSDL licensed material does not restrict sublicensing to identical terms. >>> >>> "Absent an explicit grant of sublicensing rights, no right to >>> sublicense is generally presumed.5 ..

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
RJack wrote: [...] > Unfortunately DAK your lack of understanding of the English language Best of dak's moronity this week thus far: "as opposed to patents, copyright applies to rights connected with physical copies. " LMAO! regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set u

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > BSDL licensed material does not restrict sublicensing to identical > terms. It doesn't permit sublicensing at all you retard dak. http://books.google.de/books?id=OCGsutgMdPIC&pg=SA4-PA42&lpg=SA4-PA42&dq=sublicensing+explicit+grant&source=bl&ots=JRQwZdnHUl&sig=0b5RXRL

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
To clarify: I meant intangible (misspelled it as "intagable") silly dak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > David Kastrup wrote: > > > > Alexander Terekhov writes: > > > > > David Kastrup wrote: > > >> > > >> > 2) Copyright law seems even in the US

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov writes: > > > David Kastrup wrote: > >> > >> > 2) Copyright law seems even in the US holds that nonexclusive licenses > >> > are clearly indivisible and do not automatically grant sublicense > >> > rights (a sublicense being a new license issued by a

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
chrisv wrote: Peter Köhlmann wrote: Hadron quacked: David Kastrup writes: Alexander Terekhov writes: Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on binary-only form) and not hijacked by the GPL retards

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Hyman Rosen
On 3/22/2010 7:20 PM, RJack wrote: U.S. copyright law doesn't recognize moral rights. Exactly. That's the point. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] BSDL licensed material does not restrict sublicensing to identical terms. It doesn't permit sublicensing at all you retard dak. http://books.google.de/books?id=OCGsutgMdPIC&pg=SA4-PA42&lpg=SA4-PA42&dq=sublicensing+ex

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: >> >> On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: >> > That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be >> > licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD >> > licensed code under the GPL is simply attempting to st

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Hadron
David Kastrup writes: > Alexander Terekhov writes: > >> Hyman Rosen wrote: >>> >>> On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: >>> > That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be >>> > licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD >>> > licensed code under t

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread RJack
Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot be licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing BSD licensed code under the GPL is simply attempting to steal it. BSD-licensed code gives others the right

Re: GPL misappropriation

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Köhlmann
Hadron wrote: > David Kastrup writes: > >> Alexander Terekhov writes: >> >>> Hyman Rosen wrote: On 3/22/2010 3:41 PM, RJack wrote: > That will never happen. Copyrights are exclusive rights and cannot > be licensed by anyone except the *owner* of a copyright. Releasing