From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 23 17: 4:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A9B1139D for ; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:04:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10FSkZ-0002iy-00; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:04:31 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id BAA29960; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:03:46 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00728; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:02:04 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990224010204.B679@localhost> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:02:04 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act References: <19990223220438.C216@localhost> <199902232344.QAA18256@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199902232344.QAA18256@usr09.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 11:44:40PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 11:44:40PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > This is actually false. > > The FSF has filed suit against an RC5 library, in hopes of weakening > the patent protection, for inclusion of a glue layer specifically > designed to interact with GPL'ed code. The resoloution was to make > a library that wasn't GPL'ed to the GPL'ed libraries interface, to > make the glue code non-specific. > > The FSF has filed suit on two occasions on behalf of SAMBA, based > on commercial incorporation of SAMBA code, with modification, > into commercial products. > So the FSF obviously takes the GPL _very_ seriously. > The FSF has a pool of money for sueing people set aside and all > ready to go, with a specific emphasis on corporations who, god help > them, release code that includes patented algorithms or processes > under the GPL. > That almost sounds like a contradiction in terms; an organization representing *free* software having vast financial resources. I presume their funds come from donations from the likes of Red Hat, Cygnus etc.? > RMS hates intellectual property law, period. He will use his > instrument (the GPL) to make his manifesto reality, at any > reasonable opportunity. > I am interested in the history of all this, such as why RMS manages to have such a powerful influence over so many people (I believe it started with a paper he wrote whilst at MIT(?)) that instills such fervour in support of the GPL (he's not the anti-Christ is he ;-) ) but I don't want to drag this thread down an inappropriate path so do you know of any URLs or books that will provide this information? Thanks > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message