Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-25 Thread Reyk Floeter
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 11:41:38AM -0600, Marco Peereboom wrote: Good for Germany, they have jurisprudence established. Now the rest of the world. I meant a REAL case with real money and fancy lawyers involved. Something like what happened with BSD and ATT. and that's the misconception

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-17 Thread Jeffrey C. Ollie
On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 08:28 +0100, Marc Balmer wrote: Marco Peereboom wrote: along. The GPL is fatally flawed and hasn't been tested in court. I wouldn't bet my code or company on it. the GPL actually has been tested in court in germany. I lack the details, but using google they surely

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-17 Thread Marco Peereboom
Good for Germany, they have jurisprudence established. Now the rest of the world. I meant a REAL case with real money and fancy lawyers involved. Something like what happened with BSD and ATT. On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 07:37:00AM -0600, Jeffrey C. Ollie wrote: On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 08:28 +0100,

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-17 Thread Marc Balmer
Marco Peereboom wrote: Good for Germany, they have jurisprudence established. Now the rest of the world. US of A is not the rest of the world, it is the beginning of the end.. I meant a REAL case with real money and fancy lawyers involved. Something like what happened with BSD and ATT. On

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Marco Peereboom
I think they might have drunk too much kangaroo milk if you know what I mean. The license has been tested in court and has been interpreted. On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:21:52PM -0500, Jean-Daniel Beaubien wrote: Groklaw has an article about some misconceptions of the BSD license

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Vim Visual
yes, the article is somehow misleading... at this point I would like to ask another question here, in misc; namely... how do you feel/ what do you think of big companies making profit out of o'bsd or whatever bsd variant and not giving anything back for that? Think of, for instance, the MacOSX

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Jason Crawford
On 1/16/07, Vim Visual [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, the article is somehow misleading... at this point I would like to ask another question here, in misc; namely... how do you feel/ what do you think of big companies making profit out of o'bsd or whatever bsd variant and not giving anything

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Henning Brauer
* Vim Visual [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-01-16 21:25]: how do you feel/ what do you think of big companies making profit out of o'bsd or whatever bsd variant and not giving anything back for that? Think of, for instance, the MacOSX case... Better they use our code then trying to write their own.

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Will Maier
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 10:44:54PM +0100, Vim Visual wrote: btw are you using X? and if so, which wm? most of them are under the gpl, right? this must hurt if you're such a bsd license defender... Stop baiting the list. Also, not that it's related to anything, but there are a number of

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Marco Peereboom
I'll even bite again Mr. Vim Visual. On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 10:44:54PM +0100, Vim Visual wrote: I am a newcomer to this community but I have the feeling that I have put my finger on a... sensitive point Sharp observation! Maybe it has something to do with the BSD part of OpenBSD. in any

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Lars Hansson
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 05:44, Vim Visual wrote: btw are you using X? X isn't GPL. and if so, which wm? Irrelevant. most of them are under the gpl, right? No, some are. this must hurt if you're such a bsd license defender... Keep your flamebait off the list. --- Lars Hansson

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-16 Thread Marc Balmer
Marco Peereboom wrote: along. The GPL is fatally flawed and hasn't been tested in court. I wouldn't bet my code or company on it. the GPL actually has been tested in court in germany. I lack the details, but using google they surely show up. - mb

Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-15 Thread Jean-Daniel Beaubien
Groklaw has an article about some misconceptions of the BSD license http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070114093427179 I am curious what people on this list (with the proper knowledge) think about the correctnessof the article. Jd

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-15 Thread Adriaan
On 1/16/07, Jean-Daniel Beaubien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Groklaw has an article about some misconceptions of the BSD license http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070114093427179 I am curious what people on this list (with the proper knowledge) think about the correctnessof the article.

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-15 Thread Travers Buda
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:21:52 -0500 Jean-Daniel Beaubien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Groklaw has an article about some misconceptions of the BSD license http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070114093427179 I am curious what people on this list (with the proper knowledge) think about the

Re: Groklaw artical about the BSD license

2007-01-15 Thread Greg Thomas
On 1/15/07, Travers Buda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:21:52 -0500 Jean-Daniel Beaubien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Groklaw has an article about some misconceptions of the BSD license http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070114093427179 I am curious what people on this