RE: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-12 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Neil Cerutti wrote: > On 2013-04-12, Mark Janssen wrote: > > Possibily, but don't accept this view of the legal system. > > Judges can be quite reasonable. They don't want more time > > taken for bullshit cases and would much prefer for things to be > > settled (that is what their duty is -- to s

RE: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-12 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Mark Janssen wrote: > >> It doesn't have to say so, if it's not charging any money -- there's no > >> expectation that you're getting anything at all! > > > > Of course there is. If Oprah Winfrey stands up and publicly says that > > she's giving you a car, FOR FREE, no strings attached, and then gi

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-12 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2013-04-12, Mark Janssen wrote: > Possibily, but don't accept this view of the legal system. > Judges can be quite reasonable. They don't want more time > taken for bullshit cases and would much prefer for things to be > settled (that is what their duty is -- to settle matters, not > to make l

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-12 Thread Mark Janssen
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote: > Mark Janssen wrote: >> But you see, there's the critical difference. First of all you're >> making two errors in your comparison. Firstly, a *person* is saying >> that she's going to *do something for you*. She's making a promise. >> If I

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
> Are there that many people in the country who have no clue how the > legal system works? Gads. I'm trying to show you how the legal system *doesn't* work. All your points may be valid under court history, but that history is tainted. It doesn't mean the system is working, only that cases have

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 09/04/2013 08:21, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: In the case of free (libre) open source software, such a case would have no merit, becaus

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-04-09, Mark Janssen wrote: Where do YOU come up with the idea that you can't be sued if money didn't change hands? In what jurisdiction is that true? Unless it's true in every jurisdiction that the internet touches, I wouldn't trust it to protect me. >>> >>> I know, the

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2013-04-09, Mark Janssen wrote: >> Where do YOU come up with the idea that you can't be sued if money >> didn't change hands? In what jurisdiction is that true? Unless it's >> true in every jurisdiction that the internet touches, I wouldn't trust >> it to protect me. > > I know, the legal syste

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:40:24 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> I'm sorry, I'm somewhat lost here. The dollar I have here has a mob of >> animals on one side and someone's face on the other - no pyramids, no >> all-seeing-eye. > > It must be

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:29:43 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote: > Well, out here in the good ol' USA, there no "duty of care" That explains a lot. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:40:24 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Mark Janssen > wrote: >> If you want tin foil hats, though, >> you'll have to notice what's right in front of your face -- you already >> have voodoo right on your currency that YOU have accepted. Egyptian

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Jake D
I just put out a new version of im.py on GitHub. You can find it here: https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/im.py -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Mark Janssen > wrote: >> If you want tin foil hats, though, >> you'll have to notice what's right in front of your face -- you >> already have voodoo right on your currency that YOU have accepted. >> Egyptian

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Mark Janssen >> wrote: >>> If you want tin foil hats, though, >>> you'll have to notice what's right in front of your face -- you >>> already have voodo

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: > If you want tin foil hats, though, > you'll have to notice what's right in front of your face -- you > already have voodoo right on your currency that YOU have accepted. > Egyptian pyramids on the U.S. dollar? All seeing eye? I'm sorry, I'm s

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
> Lots of obvious generalizations out there which are wrong, at least some of > the time. You know, Dave funny thing is, right there is one of them. -- MarkJ Tacoma, Washington -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
> And by putting it online for free download, IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXPLICIT > DISCLAIMER, you are implying that it is fit for its purpose, and that you > have a duty of care to make sure that it does do what you say it does. No, there is no requirement for a disclaimer. In the US, what is not exp

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/09/2013 05:00 AM, Mark Janssen wrote: By the way, here's where part of the problem stems, right here. This notion of that you have to be a lawyer -- as if their some other race or something. You wouldn't go to a lawyer for advice on the best way to program. You wouldn't go to a car mecha

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:02:14 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote: >>> It doesn't have to say so, if it's not charging any money -- there's >>> no expectation that you're getting anything at all! >> >> Of course there is. If Oprah Winfrey stands up and publicly says that >> she's giving you a car, FOR FREE,

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
>>> Where do YOU come up with the idea that you can't be sued if money >>> didn't change hands? In what jurisdiction is that true? Unless it's >>> true in every jurisdiction that the internet touches, I wouldn't trust >>> it to protect me. >> >> I know, the legal system has us all under their thumb

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
>> By the way, here's where part of the problem stems, right here. This >> notion of that you have to be a lawyer -- as if their some other race or >> something. > > You wouldn't go to a lawyer for advice on the best way to program. You > wouldn't go to a car mechanic to ask for the best way to se

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:15:04 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote: >> I'm not a lawyer, and I suspect you're not either. > > By the way, here's where part of the problem stems, right here. This > notion of that you have to be a lawyer -- as if their some other race or > something. You wouldn't go to a law

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:39:21 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote: >> Where do YOU come up with the idea that you can't be sued if money >> didn't change hands? In what jurisdiction is that true? Unless it's >> true in every jurisdiction that the internet touches, I wouldn't trust >> it to protect me. > > I

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
> I'm not a lawyer, and I suspect you're not either. By the way, here's where part of the problem stems, right here. This notion of that you have to be a lawyer -- as if their some other race or something. Lawyers are people, that have been trained into a historical system of conventions. That

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
>> It doesn't have to say so, if it's not charging any money -- there's no >> expectation that you're getting anything at all! > > Of course there is. If Oprah Winfrey stands up and publicly says that > she's giving you a car, FOR FREE, no strings attached, and then gives you > a piece of old bubbl

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
> Where do YOU come up with the idea that you can't be sued if money > didn't change hands? In what jurisdiction is that true? Unless it's > true in every jurisdiction that the internet touches, I wouldn't trust > it to protect me. I know, the legal system has us all under their thumbs. If I hand

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:20:27 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Chris Angelico > wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen >> wrote: >>> In the case of free (libre) open source software, such a case would >>> have no merit, because such software never prom

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen >> wrote: >>> In the case of free (libre) open source >>> software, such a case would have no merit, because such software never >>> promi

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Mark Janssen
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen > wrote: >> In the case of free (libre) open source >> software, such a case would have no merit, because such software never >> promises anyone *anything*. > > If that is the case, it's because

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: > In the case of free (libre) open source > software, such a case would have no merit, because such software never > promises anyone *anything*. If that is the case, it's because the software license explicitly says so - which is the reason for

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:20:54 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote: >> I'm not a lawyer, and I suspect you're not either. If a burglar climbs >> up my trellis to try to attain a second floor window, and comes >> crashing to the ground, he may very well successfully sue me for not >> having a warning sign. >

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/09/2013 02:20 AM, Mark Janssen wrote: I'm not a lawyer, and I suspect you're not either. If a burglar climbs up my trellis to try to attain a second floor window, and comes crashing to the ground, he may very well successfully sue me for not having a warning sign. No, I understand these

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Demian Brecht
We're /definitely/ on topic for this list. Just saying. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: >> I'm not a lawyer, and I suspect you're not either. If a burglar climbs up >> my trellis to try to attain a second floor window, and comes crashing to the >> ground, he may very well s

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Mark Janssen
> I'm not a lawyer, and I suspect you're not either. If a burglar climbs up > my trellis to try to attain a second floor window, and comes crashing to the > ground, he may very well successfully sue me for not having a warning sign. No, I understand these cases are common lore, but it's this bull

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/08/2013 11:37 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Dave Angel wrote: On 04/08/2013 07:16 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: Actually, my current licence can be

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 04/08/2013 07:16 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: >> >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: >>> Actually, my current licence can be found here: https:/

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Dave Angel
On 04/08/2013 07:16 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: Actually, my current licence can be found here: https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE. Whaddaya think about this, Us

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Mark Janssen
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: > >> Actually, my current licence can be found here: >> https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE. Whaddaya think >> about this, Useneters? > > > I think you're lookin

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-08 Thread Jake D
On Apr 7, 6:36 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: > > Actually, my current licence can be found here: > >https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE.  Whaddaya think > > about this, Useneters? > > I think you're looking for a world o

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-07 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: > >> Actually, my current licence can be found here: >> https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE. Whaddaya think >> about this, Useneters? > > > I think you're lookin

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote: > Actually, my current licence can be found here: > https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE. Whaddaya think > about this, Useneters? I think you're looking for a world of pain, when somebody uses your software, it break

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-07 Thread jhunter . dunefsky
On Sunday, April 7, 2013 4:59:10 AM UTC-4, garabik-ne...@kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk wrote: > Andrew Berg wrote: > > > On 2013.04.05 20:07, Roy Smith wrote: > > >> I know this is off-topic, but I encourage people to NOT invent their own > > >> licenses. > > > Perhaps he meant this existing lice

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-07 Thread garabik-news-2005-05
Andrew Berg wrote: > On 2013.04.05 20:07, Roy Smith wrote: >> I know this is off-topic, but I encourage people to NOT invent their own >> licenses. > Perhaps he meant this existing license: http://www.wtfpl.net/about/ I like the Python Powered Logo license by Just van Rossum (Guido's brother, in

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-06 Thread Jake D
On Apr 5, 8:52 pm, Demian Brecht wrote: > Thanks for sharing some of your work with the community. However... > > Speaking to the sharing aspect: Why would you post a block of code in an > email? If you're looking for people to contribute, it would likely be a > much better idea to post it on gith

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-06 Thread Jake D
On Apr 5, 9:26 pm, Andrew Berg wrote: > On 2013.04.05 20:07, Roy Smith wrote:> I know this is off-topic, but I > encourage people to NOT invent their own > > licenses. > > Perhaps he meant this existing license:http://www.wtfpl.net/about/ > -- > CPython 3.3.0 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 9.1

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-05 Thread Andrew Berg
On 2013.04.05 20:07, Roy Smith wrote: > I know this is off-topic, but I encourage people to NOT invent their own > licenses. Perhaps he meant this existing license: http://www.wtfpl.net/about/ -- CPython 3.3.0 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 9.1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-05 Thread Mark Janssen
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article > , > Jake D wrote: > >> What is the licence? >> --It's released under a special FOSS licence. Here it is: >> You can do whatever you want with this program. > > I know this is off-topic, but I encourage people to NOT invent thei

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-05 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Jake D wrote: > What is the licence? > --It's released under a special FOSS licence. Here it is: > You can do whatever you want with this program. I know this is off-topic, but I encourage people to NOT invent their own licenses. Take your pick of any of the well-known (Ber

Re: im.py: a python communications tool

2013-04-05 Thread Demian Brecht
Thanks for sharing some of your work with the community. However... Speaking to the sharing aspect: Why would you post a block of code in an email? If you're looking for people to contribute, it would likely be a much better idea to post it on github (which was built for collaborative work). As f