Re: Big blow to proprietary linking nonsense.

[RJack]

David Kastrup wrote:
> Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> >
> > > On 5/18/2010 7:13 AM, RJack wrote:
> > > > They've all failed dismally.
> > > Unfortunately, free software is failing miserably as well, 
> > > because people are happy to trade principle for convenience, viz.
> > >  Apple.
> > You can only trade what you have. And most people do not have 
> > "principles" about paying for and using good closed commercial 
> > code.
> >
> > The problems with lunatics like you and DK is that you think we 
> > should all adhere to your nutty something for nothing principles.


> If you use software I wrote, you have to heed the license under which
>  you got it.

Only if the contract terms are legally enforceable -- which in the case
of the GPL they aren't.


> The only adherence involved is that to copyright law.
>
> I'd be fine if nobody had to adhere to what by now amounts to an 
> absurd block of knowledge dissemination, but as long as those laws 
> are in effect, you are not free to use software I wrote other than 
> under those terms I license them.

Sincerely,
RJack :)



> If you are not fine with that, talk to your congressman about 
> reducing the power of copyright.