Re: The Essay is Done.

1999-09-01 Thread Richard Stallman
- Unpack the compressed archive using the free "miniunzip" program from zlib-bin. miniunzip extess.final-0.zip Ah, I did not know about that. Thanks.

Re: Oversimplifications in HtN

1999-09-01 Thread Richard Stallman
I think you can safely read Eric as claiming that hackers behave *as if* they were motivated by the reputation game. If that is what Eric means, he should say that. If his intention is only to propose phenomenological theories of patterns of events, he should make that clear in his paper

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:56:11 -0400 From: Justin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 05:27:52PM -0400, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > It's very hard to determine whether two products compete with one > another. I wouldn't call a license which puts that burden on me >

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread John Cowan
Justin Wells scripsit: > The idea of first paragraph is from the Mozilla license (including the > use of the word "cure"), and the second one is practically straight > out of the GPL. What you say is fundamentally different from what the GPL says. The GPL is a copyright license concerned only wi

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread John Cowan
Justin Wells scripsit: > > > The idea of first paragraph is from the Mozilla license (including the > use of the word "cure"), and the second one is practically straight > out of the GPL. > > Can you explain the problem? > > As for the right of sale, I'm happy to add that. The basic rights > s

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread Justin Wells
The idea of first paragraph is from the Mozilla license (including the use of the word "cure"), and the second one is practically straight out of the GPL. Can you explain the problem? As for the right of sale, I'm happy to add that. The basic rights section now reads: The right to use, cop

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread Justin Wells
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 05:27:52PM -0400, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > It's very hard to determine whether two products compete with one > another. I wouldn't call a license which puts that burden on me > ``simple.'' I agree. I tried to deal with that in this license by defining "competes" to m

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread bruce
From: Signal 11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... which really makes a mess out of things if people contribute patches > to him. He could be like FSF and insist that people sign the copyright of modifications over to him before he accepts them into his main source thread. Over at technocrat.net, I've be

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread bruce
From: Justin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The current version of my software is out under the GPL, but since > there are now some competing products under less restrictive > licenses, I feel pressured to loosen up my licensing as well. Do you really have someone pressuring you, or is this some int

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread John Cowan
Justin Wells scripsit: > Our software is our property, and it is copyrighted and licensed, > not sold. You have no rights to our software, except for those > provided by this license. If you breach the terms of this license, > and fail to cure the breach within thirty (30) days of becomin

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread Signal 11
Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > Suppose you simply release the source under the GPL, and make it clear > that you will permit a nontransferrable source license which fewer > restrictions on a case by case basis? ... which really makes a mess out of things if people contribute patches to him. You would

Re: Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:10:59 -0400 From: Justin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finally, you agree not to use our software to create a competing product, meaning one which includes some part of our software, and which has, at least in part, a similar purpose. It's very hard to d

Simple Public License, draft

1999-09-01 Thread Justin Wells
I have a new license, and I'd like people here to comment on it. I intend to put the next release of my software under it, and set up an archive to encourage other people to submit software related to it, or based on it, under the same license. The current version of my software is out under

Re: Essay RFC delayed.

1999-09-01 Thread bruce
From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please do not assume that Eric's description of me is accurate and > truthful. His statements are typically somewhat exaggerated. Having met you personaly several times, I find no substance whatsoever in Eric's description. Hey, you could work on your

Re: The Essay is Done.

1999-09-01 Thread Forrest J. Cavalier III
>On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 02:31:02 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: >> It's in zip format; apologies to gzip purists but >> I am just way too tired to work it all right now >> when I can use the Zip-O-Matic pull-down ... >> >> At present, there is no free software which can decode it. >