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Re: GPL traitor !
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Tim Smith |
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Re: GPL traitor ! |
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Wed, 06 May 2009 00:23:09 -0700 |
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In article <Iq5Ml.36996$i9.33913@bignews7.bellsouth.net>,
Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@launchmodem.com> wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
> > In article <58_Ll.37296$9a.27249@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
> > Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@launchmodem.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Nobody can honestly not understand the main meanings of the GPL.
> >
> > Is it OK under GPL to release a plug-in for a GPL program, if the plugin
> > is under a license that is not compatible with GPL?
> >
> > Is it OK under GPL to release a GPL plug-in for a program that is under
> > a license that is not compatible with GPL? E.g., could you release a
> > GPL plug-in for Word?
>
> Jesus, you're as dense as Erik. What part of "corner cases" and "main
> meaning" did you not understand?
...
> Jesus, you're as dense as Erik. What part of "corner cases" and "main
> meaning" did you not understand?
>
> And, in fact, you're probably taking it beyond legal considerations, into
> the realm of a Free-software philosopher's feelings about ethics.
>
> The fact is that honest people have found the GPL very straightforward and
> useful, hence its popularity. IBM legal eagles don't seem to mind it, even
> if Microsoft found a way to break the spirit, if not the letter, of GPL 2.
What you call "corner cases" are cases that have arisen frequently in
the real world, and have been the source of much argument on such places
as the Linux kernel mailing list. GNOME arose from the controversy over
one of these "corner cases". Free, secure email was delayed over one of
these "corner cases". The vast majority of Linux-based cell phones fall
into one of these "corner cases", and are violating GPL, according to
the interpretation of GPL at fsf.org.
A corner case is (from Wikipedia):
A corner case (or pathological case) is a problem or situation that
occurs only outside of normal operating parameters specifically
one that manifests itself when multiple environmental variables or
conditions are simultaneously at extreme levels, even though each
parameter is within the specified range for that parameter.
If the "main meanings" of the GPL are so clear, how come so many people
keep hitting these corner cases? Corner cases are supposed to be rare
and hard to hit--not commonly run into like they are with GPL.
--
--Tim Smith
- Re: GPL traitor !, (continued)
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hadron, 2009/05/07
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hadron, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Tim Smith, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hadron, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hyman Rosen, 2009/05/06
- Re: GPL traitor !, Chris Ahlstrom, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !,
Tim Smith <=
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hadron, 2009/05/06
- Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/05/06
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hadron, 2009/05/06
- Re: GPL traitor !, JEDIDIAH, 2009/05/06
- Re: GPL traitor !, Chris Ahlstrom, 2009/05/06
- Re: GPL traitor !, Rjack, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Doctor Smith, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Hadron, 2009/05/05
- Re: GPL traitor !, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/05/08
- Re: GPL traitor !, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/05/08