Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-30 Thread Alexander Terekhov
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: > >The GPL is a contract to make a contract. It's uneforceable in all >50 US states under their common law. > > The GPL is a copyright license, and is enforceable in all 50 US states > under copyright law. Yet IBM talks about New York law on preambles and other

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread David Kastrup
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 20:56 +0100, David Kastrup escreveu: >> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 13:34 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: >> >> Are you "employed" by ansol? I bet you're The President.

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 20:56 +0100, David Kastrup escreveu: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 13:34 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > >> Are you "employed" by ansol? I bet you're The President. No? :-) > > > > ANSOL is an association of people friendly

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread Alexander Terekhov
I haven't seen a doctor in a long time. Who is paying for your Krankenversicherung, GNUtian dak? I pay (for me and my family) ca. 50% of EURO 459.56 + 50.56 (PV) monthly. The rest pays my employer. How about you, dear GNUtian "freelancer"? regards, alexander. ___

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread David Kastrup
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 13:34 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: >> Are you "employed" by ansol? I bet you're The President. No? :-) > > ANSOL is an association of people friendly to Free Software, it doesn't > hire people yet, although we certainl

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Got to doctor, ams. High time, too. What did he tell you? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 13:34 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > Are you "employed" by ansol? I bet you're The President. No? :-) ANSOL is an association of people friendly to Free Software, it doesn't hire people yet, although we certainly would like to hire an assistant to work full-time. Don't wo

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-25 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Are you "employed" by ansol? I bet you're The President. No? :-) http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=pt_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fansol.org%2fdocs%2freg_interno.pt.html Internal regulation of the ANSOL for Rui Miguel modification 2006-03-18 — 12:39 Hisses last Seabr

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
The GPL is a contract to make a contract. It's uneforceable in all 50 US states under their common law. The GPL is a copyright license, and is enforceable in all 50 US states under copyright law. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Sáb, 2006-11-25 às 00:52 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > And who is your employer, mini-RMS? Just curious. My mother taught me not to speak with strangers. Of course I grew up to do that all over the world in mailing-lists, knowing lots and lots of interesting people. Sometimes you find a c

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Got to doctor, ams. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
And who is your employer, mini-RMS? Just curious. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
A trolls ultimate goal is to get feed, since it reduces the signal level of the mailing list. Replying to a troll and saying that you have wasted time is not useful, since the troll has achived its goal, but not only that, you have now lost your own time by writting a message that is not useful fo

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qui, 2006-11-23 às 10:14 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > [...] > > Like this minute writing this email. > > Yeah, as if you have a paid job Yeah I do, and rather well. > I bet you're also > on public support No I'm not. > Or are you a "freelancer" No I

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] > Like this minute writing this email. Yeah, as if you have a paid job, little mini-RMS... I bet you're also on public support like your comrade ams. Or are you a "freelancer" (who doesn't pay taxes) like GNUtian dak? Just curious. regards, alexander. _

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
John Hasler wrote: > > rjack writes: > > The GPL is a contract to make a contract. > > False. And the sky is green in the GNU Republic. regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand your question, but all programs that get > linked with the GPL library/program must be under the same terms as > the GPL. If they just use fork/exec, then this is not needed. Have > you checked the GPL FAQ (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-22 Thread John Hasler
rjack writes: > The GPL is a contract to make a contract. False. > It's uneforceable in all 50 US states under their common law. The GPL is a defense in Federal District Court against an allegation of copyright infringement. > Don't fear the trolls. . . expend a little effort on your own behal

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-22 Thread rjack
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Qua, 2006-11-22 às 15:05 -0500, rjack escreveu: You should assume that the Free Software Foundation will claim that all of your source code plus your wife and kids, supplemented by the family pets, has been released under the GPL to be used and abused by all who

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-22 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Qua, 2006-11-22 às 15:05 -0500, rjack escreveu: > You should assume that the Free Software Foundation will claim that all > of your source code plus your wife and kids, supplemented by the family > pets, has been released under the GPL to be used and abused by all who > accept their crackpot licen

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-22 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
I'm not sure I understand your question, but all programs that get linked with the GPL library/program must be under the same terms as the GPL. If they just use fork/exec, then this is not needed. Have you checked the GPL FAQ (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html)? That has the answeres for t

Re: Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-22 Thread rjack
Tom Kupfer wrote: Hi all, I'm using a middleware wich process multimedia data in a flowgraph, made up of different plugins. The base system stands is under LGPL. Some of the Plugins stands under GPL. You can program applications wich use the middleware and its plugins. The plugins are not linke

Question to GPL LGPL

2006-11-22 Thread Tom Kupfer
Hi all, I'm using a middleware wich process multimedia data in a flowgraph, made up of different plugins. The base system stands is under LGPL. Some of the Plugins stands under GPL. You can program applications wich use the middleware and its plugins. The plugins are not linked directly to the ap