From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat Sep 13 20:09:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA16356 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:09:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA16329; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA18024; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19970913200905.31425@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:09:05 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: Simon Shapiro , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patches on senderp-ppp.i-connect.net References: <199709140137.SAA00731@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199709140137.SAA00731@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>; from Rodney W. Grimes on Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 06:37:58PM -0700 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Rodney W. Grimes scribbled this message on Sep 13: > > Hi Y'all, > > > > This is just a bit of formality and a reminder: > > > > Any progamming logic (source, object, executable, etc.) that you may find > > on the computer known as sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (206.190.143.100), which > > does not clearly display a Copyright notice authorizing free distribution > > is proprietary, unpublished source code of Simon Shapiro, Atlas Telecom or > > both. > > I love the work you are doing, but the above statement is not correct. > > a) It is not ``proprietary'' unless you take legal and proper actions > to keep it as such. In most cases you have done just the opposite, > you've given pointers to it in a public forum. > > b) The action of making it avaliable to anyone other than yourself > is `publication'', thierfor the code is not ``unpublished''. if this is true.. and that simply letting people download load it means that the copyright is invalid (i.e. it's publicly avail), then why do we worry about GPL'd code?? it's publicly avail.. but we still have to adhear to the copyright attached... so why does this apply to his code? it also only in theory that published material is free... but case law has proven otherwise.. this is the basis for all intellectual property law... > c) Your ftp server welcome message desen't even head any warnings > what so ever. well. that has been fixed... :) -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD