Re: [linuxiran] Crossover Office Wanted!

[Aryan Ameri]

On Thursday 20 November 2003 09:06, Arash Partow wrote:
> yes it can, very very much so...
> look at projects like cygwin and star-office....

No they can't. It is not about GPL. It's about Copyright. 

Once you give someone some permission, you can not take it back 
forcefuly. It's the basis of all the contracts in the world.

And what about Cygwin and StarOffice?

>
> also i think you should read my previous reply:
> >>No one said they would, all i said was that they can take back
> >>the code that was ~"initially CR'ed and then GPL'ed"~.
> >>Obviously they can't take back what the community had provided
> >>after the GPL date.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arash Bijanzadeh" <address@hidden>
> To: "GNU/Linux in Iran" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 5:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [linuxiran] Crossover Office Wanted!
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> On Wednesday 19 November 2003 17:54, Faridb wrote:
> > Isn't that a little bit terrifying that they can get
> > back their gpled software( imagine a day that
> > openoffice defeats staroffice! )
> >
> > By the way ur answer didn't solve my purchase
> > problem;)
> >
> > --- Arash Partow <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > because the company codeweaver made the initial
> > > version of wine and then branched it and gpl'ed that
> > > branch, they have copyright over the original work
> > > and derivative works excluding wine and any other
> > > s/w they have gpl'ed which has been worked on after
> > > they gpl'ed.
> > >
> > > However they have to right to withdraw their "own"
> > > gpl'ed at anytime.
>
> WRONG!
> a gpled code can never be closed.
>
> > > its the same issue with staroffice and openoffice.
> > >
> > >
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Faridb" <address@hidden>
> > > To: "GNU/Linux in Iran" <address@hidden>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:02 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [linuxiran] Crossover Office Wanted!
> > >
> > > > --- Zoup <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > crossover is not free ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > It's a poor workman who blames his tools.
> > > >
> > > > I know it�> not free dude!
> > > > But I need it so badly to convince some of my
> > > > windoze-lover friends to migrate to this little
> > >
> > > cool
> > >
> > > > ...
> > > > I couldn´t find it neither in p2p nor any other
> > > > place!( maybe I didn´t search enough though!)
> > > > But there must a linux software center in Tehran(
> > >
> > > at
> > >
> > > > least I hope so)
> > > >
> > > > By the way if it´s been derived from Wine , how
> > >
> > > come
> > >
> > > > it´s not open source?(correct me if I´m wrong)
> > > >
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Aryan Ameri