Re: Question on X and new license...
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 05:19, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> (replying to a troll)
> >> >
> >> > (I really hope not to start a flame war ...)
> >>
> >> They don't want people to be able to legally remove the advertisement.
>
> > And that violates the GPL's "no restrictions" clause.
>
> self-serving nonsense. Most copyright notices contain a clause that
> prohibits removing the notice. That does not (in my experience has
> not) stop people from using extended sections of code, removing the
> copyright notice and using it without credit.
Just beccause "it's done" doesn't make it "right" or "legal".
> (if you want to make a point, try to make it useful)
But that's the argument that's being made. I'm going to be very
sad if a few minor license changes leads to the major Linux distros
(and possibly OBSD) tossing out such an integral part of the desk-
top just as momentum is starting to build.
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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA
Windows sucks. No, really. Any butt-wipe pseudo-OS that *needs*
kludges like PC-Anywhere or RDP for remote access, and only
allows 1 login at a time shouldn't be allowed to exist, and it's
developers should be shot.
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