Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-28 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Date:Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:01:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Konold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 28 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. If an alternate implementation from mine exists > 2. and is available for the user to run with your application on that platform > 3. and the

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-28 Thread Forrest J. Cavalier III
Maybe this analogy is somewhat relevant for discussion, if only to discern nuances of copyright law From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Let's get back to the frame metaphor. When I put a frame in my web page > that displays one of your web pages, I never copy your web page. The > frame is an i

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-28 Thread Forrest J. Cavalier III
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Forrest J. Cavalier III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If the application was created without ever using the GPL-ed code, > > it is clearly not a derivative work until the end user combines it > > with the GPL-ed code. > > Right. And if the end-user does th

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-28 Thread Martin Konold
On 28 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. If an alternate implementation from mine exists > 2. and is available for the user to run with your application on that platform > 3. and the user actually has to have it to run your application. > > Postulate that you write an application that works

Re: gpl backlash?

1999-07-28 Thread Csaba Szigetvari
Wilfredo Sanchez wrote: > Now I'm the user, and I want to write some software which maybe > uses a snippet of code from bash. For example, maybe I want to use > readline. You could also write your own whiteroom implementation of readline. Why aren't you considering this? The answer is ea