From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 4 23:53:28 2001 From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 23:53:27 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D649337B400 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:53:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:51:44 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f057rPQ25551; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:53:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:53:24 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Dan Langille Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting approach to GPL Message-ID: <20010104235324.O95729@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <200101041920.IAA00815@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200101041920.IAA00815@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>; from dan@langille.org on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 08:20:10AM +1300 Sender: cjc@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 08:20:10AM +1300, Dan Langille wrote: > On 4 Jan 2001, at 19:17, Kris Kirby wrote: > > > > > http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=3a53b819-0804b520 > > > > The author considers the legal implications of copying a single character > > from GPL'd source code... > > For the humour impaired, the article is satire. Reminds me of this oldie but goodie, http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message