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Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean
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Hadron |
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Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean |
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Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:59:31 +0200 |
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Rjack <user@example.net> writes:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> In gnu.misc.discuss Rjack <user@example.net> wrote:
>>> Thufir Hawat wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:07:03 -0400, Rjack wrote:
>>
>>>>> Thufir Hawat wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:35:51 -0400, Rjack wrote:
>>
>>>> The logical conclusion of your argument is that the GPL is
>>>> pointless.
>>
>>>> And, since the BSD license is toothless, why even bother? Just
>>>> license it the same way sqlite is licensed: public domain.
>>>> That's the conclusion which can be drawn from your argument.
>>
>>> The conclusion that can be drawn from *my* argument is that using
>>> permissive licensed open source code such as BSD licensed
>>> programs will prevent someone from being hauled into federal
>>> court by a band of wild-eyed zealots who practice socialism in
>>> software licensing as a religion.
>>
>> :-) The GPL is really crystal clear; it isn't some tricky document
>> with hidden traps waiting to snap. A normally intelligent child
>> could understand it. If you conform to its requirements, which are
>> few and clear, you won't have any problem with "wild-eyed
>> socialist zealots". If you don't like those requirements, use
>> other code instead.
>>
>>> If *you* wish to present *your* argument that open source code
>>> should be released as public domain then present it as *your*
>>> argument since is certainly not *my* argument.
>>
>> It seems to be *your* argument, sustained by your own
>> interpretation of some judges' decisions, that licensing code under
>> the GPL is tantamount to making it public domain.
>
> You are not entitled to make up your own facts. Where have I ever
> claimed that GPL licensed code is "tantamount"to public domain code?
> Please use Google and all the resources at your disposal to
> demonstrate that I have claimed such a thing.
>
> I have long argued that users who rely on GPL licensed code have
> grounds for a contract claim of promissory estoppel.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rjack :)
>
Are you two guys still arguing? Peter Koehlmann said it was all
ridiculously simple and even a retard could understand it or words to
that affect.
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- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, (continued)
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Thufir Hawat, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Thufir Hawat, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean,
Hadron <=
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, dr_nikolaus_klepp, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, JEDIDIAH, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, JEDIDIAH, 2009/04/06