Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-11-04 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 12:12 AM NeilBrown wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25 2018, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > Theodore Y. Ts'o : > >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 03:39:01PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > >> > Under Jacobsen vs. Katzer (535 f 3d 1373 fed cir 2008) authors of > >> > GPLed software have a

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-11-04 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 12:12 AM NeilBrown wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25 2018, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > Theodore Y. Ts'o : > >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 03:39:01PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > >> > Under Jacobsen vs. Katzer (535 f 3d 1373 fed cir 2008) authors of > >> > GPLed software have a

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-28 Thread NeilBrown
On Sun, Oct 28 2018, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, tim.b...@sony.com wrote: > >> Al, >> >> Can you please, even in the face of comments you find irritating, keep >> your responses more civil? Calling someone a "wankstain" is >> unprofessional > > Tim, > > to be completely honest,

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-28 Thread NeilBrown
On Sun, Oct 28 2018, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, tim.b...@sony.com wrote: > >> Al, >> >> Can you please, even in the face of comments you find irritating, keep >> your responses more civil? Calling someone a "wankstain" is >> unprofessional > > Tim, > > to be completely honest,

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Al Viro
On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 03:46:02PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote: > The anonymous person is generally thought to have appeared on the net > previously as MikeeUSA. That entity has a well-recorded history of misogyny > and other anti-social behaviour. You are misreading it - behaviour of that...

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Al Viro
On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 03:46:02PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote: > The anonymous person is generally thought to have appeared on the net > previously as MikeeUSA. That entity has a well-recorded history of misogyny > and other anti-social behaviour. You are misreading it - behaviour of that...

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Bruce Perens : > The anonymous person is generally thought to have appeared on the net > previously as MikeeUSA. That entity has a well-recorded history of misogyny > and other anti-social behaviour. He's also complained to me recently that > because of "people like me", the law prohibits him from

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Bruce Perens : > The anonymous person is generally thought to have appeared on the net > previously as MikeeUSA. That entity has a well-recorded history of misogyny > and other anti-social behaviour. He's also complained to me recently that > because of "people like me", the law prohibits him from

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, tim.b...@sony.com wrote: > Al, > > Can you please, even in the face of comments you find irritating, keep > your responses more civil? Calling someone a "wankstain" is > unprofessional Tim, to be completely honest, communicating anonymously doesn't really match my "this

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, tim.b...@sony.com wrote: > Al, > > Can you please, even in the face of comments you find irritating, keep > your responses more civil? Calling someone a "wankstain" is > unprofessional Tim, to be completely honest, communicating anonymously doesn't really match my "this

RE: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Tim.Bird
> -Original Message- > From: Al Viro > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 06:52:44AM +, visionsofal...@redchan.it wrote: > > Al: the FSF was so insistent on the adoption of the GPL version 3 > > because the GPL version 2 is not operative against the grantor. > > Anonymous wankstain: sod off

RE: [Ksummit-discuss] The linux devs can rescind their license grant.

2018-10-27 Thread Tim.Bird
> -Original Message- > From: Al Viro > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 06:52:44AM +, visionsofal...@redchan.it wrote: > > Al: the FSF was so insistent on the adoption of the GPL version 3 > > because the GPL version 2 is not operative against the grantor. > > Anonymous wankstain: sod off