Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-12 Thread Greg London
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newcomer.Could tell me what the DMCA is? good grief. your search engine must have flooded its carbeurator. cause mine came up with a bazillion hits with just 'dmca'. (yes, exactly 1 bazillion hits, no more, no less.) ;) but to give you a jump start, I think the

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-11 Thread David Johnson
On Monday 10 September 2001 10:31 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many thanks for seeing what I was trying to say. When I heards of this open source movement I was intrigued to see how they could do what they do without intellectual property protection, a institution that they attack so much.

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-11 Thread sambc
I don't pretend to fully understand your 'movement'. I konw the principle behind copytleft: it is a means to an end. But as I understand it, within your belief that everyone is free to copy software, there are restrictions on further use and a flat fee is payable. Am I misguided. You do not

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-11 Thread Randy Kramer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how can I ensure that I get e-mailed further discussions on this list? JEETUN6, You can subscribe to this list by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are archives of this list somewhere (a link has been published on the list -- I know -- that doesn't help

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-11 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
It's common practice to quote part of the e-mail to which you are replying, as I am doing here, in order to maintain some context in the conversation. It is also polite to set your mailer to not send HTML mail to a mailing list such as this one. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Many thanks for

copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread JEETUN6

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread M. Drew Streib
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:54:51PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see that there has been some discussion and assertion about the powers bestowed by copyright. The focus has been on what it apparently allows the owner to prevent 'legitimate' users to do. I do not know which jurisdiction

RE: copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: copyright discussion I see that there has been some discussion and assertion about the powers bestowed by copyright. The focus has been on what it apparently allows the owner to prevent 'legitimate' users to do. I do not know which jurisdiction allows

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread David Johnson
On Monday 10 September 2001 07:13 pm, Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. wrote: Who on this list beside myself wondered whether Praveen posted his message on this list without consideration of why most of us support open source? Or, did I miss something? Yes, you did miss something. That particular set

RE: copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: copyright discussion On Monday 10 September 2001 07:13 pm, Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. wrote: Who on this list beside myself wondered whether Praveen posted his message on this list without consideration of why most of us support open source? Or, did I miss something? Yes

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread JEETUN6
I don't pretend to fully understand your 'movement'. I konw the principle behind copytleft: it is a means to an end. But as I understand it, within your belief that everyone is free to copy software, there are restrictions on further use and a flat fee is payable. Am I misguided. You do not

Re: copyright discussion

2001-09-10 Thread JEETUN6
Many thanks for seeing what I was trying to say. When I heards of this open source movement I was intrigued to see how they could do what they do without intellectual property protection, a institution that they attack so much. How much of a surprise then was it to discover that they actually