Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-29 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2006-11-29 05:07, Philipp Thomas wrote: > * James Knott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20061129 00:23]: > > >> Given that Linux, including SUSE is open source, such "hooks" will be >> visible. Novell cannot sneak anything into GPL code, that won't be noticed. >> > > Just forget it. Folks like tha

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-29 Thread Philipp Thomas
* James Knott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20061129 00:23]: > Given that Linux, including SUSE is open source, such "hooks" will be > visible. Novell cannot sneak anything into GPL code, that won't be noticed. Just forget it. Folks like that will never allow sane thinking to come into play. Philipp --

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-28 Thread James Knott
M Harris wrote: > On Tuesday 28 November 2006 16:18, Anders Johansson wrote: > >> so not only would it be against the GPL, it would be against the law, and >> set Novell (not anyone else) up for a law suit >> >> Plain enough? >> > Patented code is not the issue (for me, as far as trus

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-28 Thread M Harris
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 16:18, Anders Johansson wrote: > so not only would it be against the GPL, it would be against the law, and > set Novell (not anyone else) up for a law suit > > Plain enough? Patented code is not the issue (for me, as far as trust is concerned)... Novell

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-28 Thread Anders Johansson
On Tuesday 28 November 2006 22:59, M Harris wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2006 00:08, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > Especially: We will not - and we cannot > > since it would violate the GPL - add knowingly patented code to GPL > > code. > > We used to have an old joke back in my IBM days... "Ho

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-28 Thread M Harris
On Sunday 26 November 2006 00:08, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Especially: We will not - and we cannot > since it would violate the GPL - add knowingly patented code to GPL > code. We used to have an old joke back in my IBM days... "How can you tell if your manager is lying to you...?"

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-27 Thread JB
On Monday 27 November 2006 01:46, Daniel Bauer wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2006 22:27, JB wrote: > > you ass? Get it out of this > > Ass, jerk, ... so you are very proud of your vocabulary? > > I agree that politics should mostly be kept off this list, but the same > applies to vulgarity. Plea

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Daniel Bauer
On Sunday 26 November 2006 22:27, JB wrote: > you ass? Get it out of this Ass, jerk, ... so you are very proud of your vocabulary? I agree that politics should mostly be kept off this list, but the same applies to vulgarity. Please control yourself before you post. thanks a lot. Daniel -- Da

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Tom Patton
On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 15:32 -0600, Rajko M wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2006 13:56, jdd wrote: > > Rajko M a écrit : > > >> Until then, have they begun pre-release orders for the boxed 10.2? > > > > > > Good question :-D > > > > don't know, but my azureus bittorent for the 5 rc1 cd's have > > muc

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Rajko M
On Sunday 26 November 2006 13:56, jdd wrote: > Rajko M a écrit : > >> Until then, have they begun pre-release orders for the boxed 10.2? > > > > Good question :-D > > don't know, but my azureus bittorent for the 5 rc1 cd's have > much more clients than the beta one... > > may be thats also an answe

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread JB
On Sunday 26 November 2006 00:38, Basil Chupin wrote: > Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: > >>> "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, > >>> except in a campaign of FUD. > >> > >> And when deciding to invade nations like I

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Mike McMullin
On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 17:38 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: > Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: > >>> "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, > >>> except in a campaign of FUD. > >> > >> And when deciding to invade nations like Ir

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread JB
On Sunday 26 November 2006 00:03, Basil Chupin wrote: At least discussing/arguing about the Novell/M$ deal was more on topic. Don't be such a jerk. -- Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented worker', is like calling a home intruder an 'unwanted houseguest'. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 26 November 2006 03:33, Jacques wrote: > Hello All > Don't you see that all that's happening was planned from the beginning > by Novell's heads; the first day they bought SuSE; they had a plan to > destroy it What ARE you smoking? Thats the silliest thing I've ever heard. One might att

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread jdd
Rajko M a écrit : Until then, have they begun pre-release orders for the boxed 10.2? Good question :-D don't know, but my azureus bittorent for the 5 rc1 cd's have much more clients than the beta one... may be thats also an answer... :-) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/media

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Rajko M
On Sunday 26 November 2006 10:28, Tom Patton wrote: > If we survive long enough, our grandkids might learn the truth.   That is fine remark. The whole dust that we have now will be for a long time settled and irelevant. No one will care about todays hot topic. > Until then, have they begun pre

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Tom Patton
On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 00:18 -0600, Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: > >> "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, > >> except in a campaign of FUD. > > > > And when deciding to invade nations like Iraq. > > U.S. politics shoul

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Druid
Hello All Don't you see that all that's happening was planned from the beginning by Novell's heads; the first day they bought SuSE; they had a plan to destroy it and don't be dreamers opensuse is only a leurre it won't survive as a community as long as Novell has destroyed everything and of course

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Anders Johansson
On Sunday 26 November 2006 13:33, Jacques wrote: > Don't you see that all that's happening was planned from the beginning > by Novell's heads; the first day they bought SuSE; they had a plan to > destroy it You do realise that you are accusing the Novell management of a major felony. If they real

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jacques wrote: ... > Don't you see that all that's happening was planned from the beginning > by Novell's heads; the first day they bought SuSE; they had a plan to > destroy it and don't be dreamers opensuse is only a leurre it won't Destroy it ? That

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:17:48 -0500 Fred A. Miller wrote: > It's a MAJOR issue of mammoth proportions that isn't just going to go > away on it's own, nor dissappear if ignored. right, not ignored but read about elsewhere. The same place I'm going - elsewhere. enjoy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [E

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Jacques
Fred A. Miller a écrit : On Saturday 25 November 2006 14:22, Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:55 -0600, Steve Jeppesen wrote: so do tell, what is this list for then? Discussions about suse/novell l

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Fred A. Miller
On Saturday 25 November 2006 14:22, Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:55 -0600, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > >> so do tell, what is this list for then? > > > > Discussions about suse/novell linux. In my opinion, discussions > >

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Kevin Donnelly
On Sunday 26 November 2006 03:48, Darryl Gregorash wrote: > The best way to accelerate Bruce Perens is to give him a computer running > Windows. ROFL! -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - KDE yn Gymraeg www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.rhedadur.org.u

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-26 Thread Basil Chupin
Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:38 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, except in a campaign of FUD. And when deciding to invade nations like I

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2006-11-26 00:18, Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: >>> "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, >>> except in a campaign of FUD. >> >> And when deciding to invade nations like Iraq. > > U.S. politics should NOT be injected i

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Benjamin Rosenberg
On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:38 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, except in a campaign of FUD. And when deciding to invade nations like Iraq. U.S. politics shoul

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Basil Chupin
Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, except in a campaign of FUD. And when deciding to invade nations like Iraq. U.S. politics should NOT be injected into this conversation .. that DOE

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Benjamin Rosenberg
On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: "Proof by accusation and innuendo" doesn't hold much sway anywhere, except in a campaign of FUD. And when deciding to invade nations like Iraq. U.S. politics should NOT be injected into this conversation .. that DOES belong on the OT list. I

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Joey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 20 November 2006 14:41, steve reilly wrote: > >> for those of you who are also going to leave take notice, most of >> us are here for help with suse. not to read everyday about how bad you >> think the microsoft deal was, or what your p

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Darryl Gregorash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All predicated on Bruce Perens's assumption (and apparently that of Eben > Moglen as well) that Novell either already has inserted or has plans to > insert patented material into GPL-licenced software, particularly the > kernel. Let me reaffirm that

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Matt T.
On Sunday 26 November 2006 02:22, Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:55 -0600, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > >> so do tell, what is this list for then? > > > > Discussions about suse/novell linux. In my opinion, discussions > > a

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Basil Chupin
Darryl Gregorash wrote: On 2006-11-25 18:35, Bryan S. Tyson wrote: I invite all "trolls" to sign Bruce Perens' open letter to Novell's CEO Ron Hovsepian: All predicated on Bruce Perens's assumption (and apparently that of Eben Moglen as well) that Novell either already has inserted or h

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2006-11-25 18:35, Bryan S. Tyson wrote: > > I invite all "trolls" to sign Bruce Perens' open letter to Novell's CEO Ron > Hovsepian: > > All predicated on Bruce Perens's assumption (and apparently that of Eben Moglen as well) that Novell either already has inserted or has plans to insert p

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Basil Chupin
Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:35:52 -0500 Bryan S. Tyson wrote: Calling someone a troll just for saying something negative is silly. Novell is perfect, the angel of Linux? Nothing Novell does should be questioned? Novell can join with Microsoft and make moves that impact the whol

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Steven T. Hatton
On Saturday 25 November 2006 19:35, Bryan S. Tyson wrote: > On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:11, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > > Then please tell me where else I can complain about it? This is as > > > official a SuSE user community as can be found. > > > > if this is what this mailing list has become -

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:35:52 -0500 Bryan S. Tyson wrote: > Calling someone a troll just for saying something negative is silly. > Novell is perfect, the angel of Linux? Nothing Novell does should be > questioned? Novell can join with Microsoft and make moves that impact > the whole future of open

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Bryan S. Tyson
On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:11, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > Then please tell me where else I can complain about it? This is as > > official a SuSE user community as can be found. > if this is what this mailing list has become - then this troll is outta > here. Calling someone a troll just for sa

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Saturday 25 November 2006 12:27, Renegade Penguin wrote: > Thanks, Felix. > > One of the hallmarks of losing any argument is failing to address any > of the points made, and attacking something else. (Not you, Felix.) You were remarking not about the substance of some matter of discussion, bu

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Benjamin Rosenberg
On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:23 PM, John Andersen wrote: With any proper mail reader, you can close (or delete) entire threads with one click. With Kmail, you can even assign an entire thread to ignore status, where it will not be shown expanded. Its ridiculously to bypass those parts of the list yo

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread John Andersen
On Saturday 25 November 2006 07:34, Primm wrote: > I actually _use_ 10.1 to make a living and so have > little time to wade through the list politician posts. I "wade through" There's that phrase again... You use Kmail. Right click the top message in this thread. Select Ignore thread. Use the

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread John Andersen
On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:22, Benjamin Rosenberg wrote: > Anyway. The deal that Novell and Microsoft signed is very much ON   > topic. And if you people want to get back to the way this list was ..   > I'd agree that actually answering questions instead of RTFM or check   > the archives would

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Renegade Penguin
Thanks, Felix. One of the hallmarks of losing any argument is failing to address any of the points made, and attacking something else. (Not you, Felix.) While I typically sign with the "RP" - anyone is free to sign however they wish. I know of one particular Linux contributor who signs wit

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Felix Miata
On 2006/11/25 10:28 (GMT-0800) Randall R Schulz apparently typed: > On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:00, Renegade Penguin wrote: >> Not afraid - I've always signed like that. =) > Your ilk are called anonymous cowards for a reason: You're too cowardly > to publicly associate your identity with

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Benjamin Rosenberg
On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:55 -0600, Steve Jeppesen wrote: so do tell, what is this list for then? Discussions about suse/novell linux. In my opinion, discussions about the future of that is more or less on topic, even if I dislike the t

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:55 -0600, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > so do tell, what is this list for then? Discussions about suse/novell linux. In my opinion, discussions about the future of that is more or less on topic, even if I dislike the tone o

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 17:34 +0100, Primm wrote: > Would it be possible to have a list just for people who use SuSE at work or > for other useful stuff? People who actually do something with it? Like solve > problems about installation or how t

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:00, Renegade Penguin wrote: > Not afraid - I've always signed like that. =) > > RP Your ilk are called anonymous cowards for a reason: You're too cowardly to publicly associate your identity with your remarks. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Renegade Penguin
Not afraid - I've always signed like that. =) RP Randall R Schulz wrote: You comment on how discussions occur in this public forum while hiding behind a pseudonym. Why don't you sign your name? What are you afraid of? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
Dear AC, On Saturday 25 November 2006 09:31, Renegade Penguin wrote: > > > My 2¢, adjusted for inflation. > > RP You comment on how discussions occur in this public forum while hiding behind a pseudonym. Why don't you sign your name? What are you afraid of? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscri

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Primm
> Carlos E. R. wrote: > So do tell, what is this list for then? > > I have to agree with steve reilly. Why can't we have it back like it used to be in, say 6.2? All we used to do then is talk about how to install truetype fonts or help newbies like myself ease into the new system, or help the g

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Renegade Penguin
I am top-posting because there are some things summarized below that are relevant. List admins: please realize that once in a while major events happen that get discussed in a broader sense. Take for instance the events of September 11 in the US. This event transcended racial, gender, soci

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:49:28 +0100 (CET) Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:29 -0500, steve reilly wrote: > > > Its just hard to have to sift through all the complaints, and get > > to the people who really are just asking for help on the "opensuse" > > list, which is what it was

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Primm
On Saturday 25 November 2006 16:29, steve reilly wrote: > On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:16, Joey Kelly wrote: > > Hi, > > Its just hard to have to sift through all the complaints, and get to the > people who really are just asking for help on the "opensuse" list, which is > what it was designed f

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 10:29 -0500, steve reilly wrote: > Its just hard to have to sift through all the complaints, and get to the > people who really are just asking for help on the "opensuse" list, which is > what it was designed for. > > The

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Peter Van Lone
On 11/21/06, columbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I choose to run a 'tainted' kernel. I choose to not follow some FOSS or even FLOSS inspired idealistic propaganda. I choose to mix proprietary, free and open source programs liberally within my environment. I choose to tailor my computer environ

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread steve reilly
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 25 November 2006 10:16, Joey Kelly wrote: Hi, Its just hard to have to sift through all the complaints, and get to the people who really are just asking for help on the "opensuse" list, which is what it was designed for. The "OT" or o

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Steve Jeppesen
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:16:59 -0600 Joey Kelly wrote: > Then please tell me where else I can complain about it? This is as > official a SuSE user community as can be found. if this is what this mailing list has become - then this troll is outta here. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] F

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-25 Thread Joey Kelly
On Monday 20 November 2006 14:41, steve reilly wrote: > for those of you who are also going to leave take notice, most of > us are here for help with suse. not to read everyday about how bad you > think the microsoft deal was, or what your personal opinions are about it. > these needle

Re: [opensuse] SuSE tainted

2006-11-21 Thread John Andersen
On Tuesday 21 November 2006 04:55, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > sorry to disappoint you, but I don't think you'll get the whole > community to such a childish behaviour. If you don't like something, > it's up to you to decide what you want, spread the word. BUT: never ever > expect everybody to f