Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:02:04 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act Message-ID: <19990224010204.B679@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199902232344.QAA18256@usr09.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 11:44:40PM %2B0000 References: <19990223220438.C216@localhost> <199902232344.QAA18256@usr09.primenet.com>
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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
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