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Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL
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Tim Smith |
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Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL |
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Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:40:25 -0700 |
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In article <mailman.15802.1217794852.18990.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran@fsfe.org> wrote:
> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> writes:
> >> [Well, I skimmed it, but it was quickly obvious that a skim is all it
> >> deserved.]
> >
> > Can you give any specific criticism?
>
> The meritlessness of that paper, at least insofar as it could create
> problems for GPL enforcers, has been proven by the zero reaction of the rich
> companies with big legal teams who stand to gain from creating such
> problems. So since there's no useful application for an analyses of why it
> is wrong, I won't spend time doing that.
Your skimming skills evidently suck, since you have completely failed to
grasp the situations the paper is analyzing.
--
--Tim Smith
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Ciaran O'Riordan, 2008/08/01
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/08/01
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/08/02
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/08/02
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/08/03
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, rjack, 2008/08/03
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Hyman Rosen, 2008/08/04
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2008/08/08
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- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2008/08/09
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- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/08/09