Daniel Pocock writes:
>
> There is some possibility that Donald Trump will eliminate copyright law
> if he accidentally starts a nuclear war and eliminates everything else too
>
>
>
Well, in that case we'll some bigger problem :-P
I hope in Americans, or, at least, I hope that stupid people are
On 06/06/16 08:51, Giuseppe Molica wrote:
> Daniel Pocock writes:
>
>> From a practical perspective, thought, I suspect that an outcome
>> combining all the things in that sentence is extremely unlikely any time
>> soon and so using copyright law to serve a useful purpose is the way to
>> go fo
Daniel Pocock writes:
> From a practical perspective, thought, I suspect that an outcome
> combining all the things in that sentence is extremely unlikely any time
> soon and so using copyright law to serve a useful purpose is the way to
> go for many people
>
>
I agree. Maybe in the future ther
On 05/06/16 20:46, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
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>> If copyright law didn't exist, then developers would not be able to use
>> the GPL to place copyleft conditions on derivative works
>>
>
> (preface: I acknowledge this wording as slightly snarky)
>
> Repea
On 06/05/2016 12:34 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> Switzerland has just had a referendum on giving all citizens a free
> basic income of about CHF 2,500 per month (equivalent to USD 2,500 per
> month)
>
> Should countries consider a similar scheme, but exclusively for software
> developers who create t
You're welcome!
It's important to note that most licenses don't impose limitations on
how much can be charged for the source, and this allows for exploitation
under the excuse that "it's free software (or "the source code is
available"), so we can add a profit margin of 200% just because of that
a
On 06/05/2016 04:22 PM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
At least under section 6 of the GNU GPL, there are limits on how much
one can charge for the work.
If the object is offered in physical medium, the profit margin can only
be imposed upon that, not in the costs of conveying the complete and
co
At least under section 6 of the GNU GPL, there are limits on how much
one can charge for the work.
If the object is offered in physical medium, the profit margin can only
be imposed upon that, not in the costs of conveying the complete and
corresponding source. There are cases where such conveying
Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 20:23:05 CEST
Daniel Pocock ha scritto:
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>
> On 05/06/16 19:46, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote:
> > Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 17:16:29 CEST
> > Daniel Pocock ha scritto:
> >
> >> [...]
> >
> >>> We need a GPL compatible license that acknowledges the problems of
>
On 06/05/2016 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
> If copyright law didn't exist, then developers would not be able to use
> the GPL to place copyleft conditions on derivative works
>
(preface: I acknowledge this wording as slightly snarky)
Repeat after me: "We can abolish copyright law if we jus
On 05/06/16 20:27, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote:
> On 05/06/16 19:23, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> On 05/06/16 19:46, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote:
>>> Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 17:16:29 CEST
>>> Daniel Pocock ha scritto:
[...]
>>>
> We need a GPL compatible license that acknowledges the problems of
> Switzerland has just had a referendum on giving all citizens a free
> basic income of about CHF 2,500 per month (equivalent to USD 2,500 per
> month)
>
> Should countries consider a similar scheme, but exclusively for
> software developers who create things at their own discretion under a
> fre
On 05/06/16 19:23, Daniel Pocock wrote:
On 05/06/16 19:46, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote:
Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 17:16:29 CEST
Daniel Pocock ha scritto:
[...]
We need a GPL compatible license that acknowledges the problems of
globalization.
Or maybe we need to think about how copyright
On 05/06/16 19:46, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote:
> Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 17:16:29 CEST
> Daniel Pocock ha scritto:
>
>> [...]
>
>>> We need a GPL compatible license that acknowledges the problems of
>>> globalization.
>>>
>>
>> Or maybe we need to think about how copyright and intellectual
Il giorno domenica 05/06/2016 17:16:29 CEST
Daniel Pocock ha scritto:
> [...]
> > We need a GPL compatible license that acknowledges the problems of
> > globalization.
> >
>
> Or maybe we need to think about how copyright and intellectual property
> law should work at a global scale, regardles
On 06/05/2016 01:04 PM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
You don't have to write software for free. You don't even need to
redistribute it publicly, that is, you can redistribute to people who
pay you to do so. But once you do redistribute it (publicly or not)
remember to comply with the GPL, and re
On 06/05/2016 12:56 PM, Felix Posselt wrote:
But aren't we ourself the ones who transport software out of control?
We providing the source code of our softeare, accessible for everyone.
There is none to be sued.
*Von:* Pat
You don't have to write software for free. You don't even need to
redistribute it publicly, that is, you can redistribute to people who
pay you to do so. But once you do redistribute it (publicly or not)
remember to comply with the GPL, and remember not to redistribute the
source for a price bigger
But aren't we ourself the ones who transport software out of control?
We providing the source code of our softeare, accessible for everyone.There is
none to be sued.
Von: Patrick
An: Fabio Pesari ; libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
Gesendet: 18:11 Sonntag, 5.Juni 2016
Betreff: Re: [l
Hello folks,
The people over at puri.sm (https://puri.sm) have created a petition to ask
Intel to release an ME-less version of their CPU. You can sign the petition
here:
https://puri.sm/posts/petition-for-intel-to-release-an-me-less-cpu-design/ and
I have included the full text of the petitio
Switzerland has just had a referendum on giving all citizens a free
basic income of about CHF 2,500 per month (equivalent to USD 2,500 per
month)
Should countries consider a similar scheme, but exclusively for software
developers who create things at their own discretion under a free
license for
One last point: the international scope of the GPL is more about getting
individual citizens in China and India and elsewhere to have the
benefits (and privacy in many cases!) to use free software like GNU,
Tor, etc. and blocking distribution to those countries to stop
exploitive companies and gove
Hi Patrick,
This is definitely nothing like a religion. It is a plain fact that we
have lots of history of organizations around the world coming into
compliance without a lawsuit. Now, if they *knew* that a lawsuit was
impossible, that may have been different. I'm not denying that law
matters. but
On 06/05/2016 11:55 AM, Fabio Pesari wrote:
Patrick, I see your point, but then I have this question: if those
companies don't care about the terms of the GPL, why would they care if
they are banned from using the software altogether? They would use it
anyway. If you couldn't bring them to court
On 06/05/2016 12:04 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
On 05/06/16 17:46, Patrick wrote:
On 06/05/2016 11:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
On 05/06/16 16:57, Patrick wrote:
Hi Everyone
This is a horrible post and will probably trigger some very negative
reactions. I am trying to help and I am being honest
On 06/05/2016 11:55 AM, Fabio Pesari wrote:
Patrick, I see your point, but then I have this question: if those
companies don't care about the terms of the GPL, why would they care if
they are banned from using the software altogether? They would use it
anyway. If you couldn't bring them to court
On 05/06/16 17:46, Patrick wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 11:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>
>> On 05/06/16 16:57, Patrick wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone
>>>
>>> This is a horrible post and will probably trigger some very negative
>>> reactions. I am trying to help and I am being honest so please don't get
>>> to
Patrick, I see your point, but then I have this question: if those
companies don't care about the terms of the GPL, why would they care if
they are banned from using the software altogether? They would use it
anyway. If you couldn't bring them to court for violating the GPL, what
makes you think yo
On 06/05/2016 11:37 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote:
On 06/05/2016 08:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
More likely, it will be about suing violators who are somehow successful
and taking a share in their profits and recycling that money to sue
other big violators.
No, GPL enforcement efforts (coming from the
On 05/06/16 17:39, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
> Free software activists shouldn't sue people right from the start,
> they should instead enforce it through collaboration, first by
> private communication with the violator, then after series of
> negligencies done by the violators, the original
On 05/06/16 17:37, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 08:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>
>> More likely, it will be about suing violators who are somehow successful
>> and taking a share in their profits and recycling that money to sue
>> other big violators.
>>
>
> No, GPL enforcement efforts (co
On 06/05/2016 11:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
On 05/06/16 16:57, Patrick wrote:
Hi Everyone
This is a horrible post and will probably trigger some very negative
reactions. I am trying to help and I am being honest so please don't get
too angry at me.
I've tinkered with the BSD world and I real
Replying to myself just to give you all an important notice:
I'm not a lawyer, nor do I work at the Software Freedom Conservancy.
I'm only expressing my *current* opinions.
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Free software activists shouldn't sue people right from the start, they
should instead enforce it through collaboration, first by private
communication with the violator, then after series of negligencies done
by the violators, the original project can express their disappointment
publicly, then wa
On 06/05/2016 08:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
> More likely, it will be about suing violators who are somehow successful
> and taking a share in their profits and recycling that money to sue
> other big violators.
>
No, GPL enforcement efforts (coming from the software freedom side at
least) ar
On 05/06/16 16:57, Patrick wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> This is a horrible post and will probably trigger some very negative
> reactions. I am trying to help and I am being honest so please don't get
> too angry at me.
>
> I've tinkered with the BSD world and I really believe GPL and the Free
> Sof
Hi Everyone
This is a horrible post and will probably trigger some very negative
reactions. I am trying to help and I am being honest so please don't get
too angry at me.
I've tinkered with the BSD world and I really believe GPL and the Free
Software foundation are the way to go. I have frus
On Sunday, 5 June 2016 09:04:59 CEST Fabio Pesari wrote:
> http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/05/28/free-software-artists-and-their-tools-part->
> i-david-revoy-krita/
>
> http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/05/31/free-software-artists-and-their-tools-part->
> ii-evelyne-schulz-gimp/
>
> ...is professionals fro
http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/05/28/free-software-artists-and-their-tools-part-i-david-revoy-krita/
http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/05/31/free-software-artists-and-their-tools-part-ii-evelyne-schulz-gimp/
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