Re: [newbie] the GPL effect ?

1999-10-20 Thread Aldo P. Solari [APS]
Yes, I agree. The US has gone too far approving patents (be it biological material, ideas, software, whatever). A few days ago, I read about several US based e-mail softw. companies who would argue on whether the "Sorry, you dont have any new mail" phrase would be patented/trademarked or I dont

Re: [newbie] the GPL effect ?

1999-10-19 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
The thing new users need to understand is that Linux is something like an accident. First, Linus Torvalds (hope I spelled his name right!) produced the kernel, then put it on the web. Next others saw the kernel and added other software until it became an OS. The only thing is that it did not

Re[2]: [newbie] the GPL effect ?

1999-10-19 Thread Aldo Solari [APS]
Ernie: I share much of what you say in your poster. You have a very nice insight into Linux, indeed. Maybe this chaos is the kind of "productive order" needed for new ideas to come up. Cheers, APS Tuesday, October 19, 1999, 10:26:37 AM, you wrote: ENWJ The thing new users need to

[newbie] the GPL effect ?

1999-10-18 Thread Aldo Solari [APS]
Redhat becomes Mandrake and Mandrake becomes Macmillan which is sold by the "Mighty Mouse" at Pepito's Taco Bar under the Trade Mark of Dr. Vampire :-) Is there any order under the GPL ? Cheers, APS ] From: "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Just tossing in my 2 cents