From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 22: 9:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA3637B401 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:08:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f1967jF91841; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 06:07:46 GMT (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" , Subject: RE: Loophole in the GPL? Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:08:46 -0800 Message-ID: <000c01c0925e$c2ea73e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20010209032527.A86687@Fedaykin.here> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Please, before this goes any further, if your going to read the article in this link, don't forget to read the talkback opinions that are attached to it. Almost the first comment attached quoted the section of the GPL which invalidates this supposed "loophole". What's more interesting is how this rediculous article ever made it to osopinion.com, it's a perfect example of a writer not checking their facts. The author sounds like he has never read the GPL. I'm not a particular GPL supporter, I prefer the BSD license. But, 99% of the software developers I've ever met have too much integrity to go around blatently violating software licenses, or allowing others to blatently and illegally violate software licenses without yelling about it. The remaining 1% that aren't like this usually get a artifical conscience forcefully implanted through their arse-holes the first time they pull a stunt like this writer is speculating about. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mario Sergio > Fujikawa Ferreira > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:25 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Loophole in the GPL? > > > Hi, > > I've just seen this article. Just a show of > how semantics can play trick on "us". :) > Interesting, yet creepy concept. > > http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/7367.html > > Regards, > > -- > Mario S F Ferreira - UnB - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." > lioux at ( freebsd dot org | linf dot unb dot br ) > flames to beloved devnull@someotherworldbeloworabove.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message