From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267985AbUJHHQK (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 03:16:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267808AbUJHHQK (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 03:16:10 -0400 Received: from calvin.mailbox.net.uk ([195.82.125.30]:30633 "EHLO mailhub-node1.mailbox.net.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267985AbUJHHPz (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 03:15:55 -0400 Message-ID: <41663E8A.10604@jonmasters.org> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:15:22 +0100 From: Jon Masters Organization: World Organi[sz]ation Of Broken Dreams User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040918) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jmerkey@galt.devicelogics.com CC: Jesper Juhl , "Jeff V. Merkey" , Dave Jones , Kyle Moffett , "jmerkey@comcast.net" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alan Cox Subject: Re: Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone References: <35fb2e590410011509712b7d1@mail.gmail.com> <415DD1ED.6030101@drdos.com> <1096738439.25290.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41659748.9090906@drdos.com> <8B592DC4-18A9-11D9-ABEB-000393ACC76E@mac.com> <4165B265.2050506@drdos.com> <20041007221826.GB5302@redhat.com> <4165BA70.5050208@drdos.com> <4165E65D.6000206@jonmasters.org> <20041008032034.GD3528@galt.devicelogics.com> In-Reply-To: <20041008032034.GD3528@galt.devicelogics.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jmerkey@galt.devicelogics.com wrote: [ Would you please quite removing the attribution from mailing list posts? I know you don't care to keep it in the kernel, but at least let people know who said what in this completely pointless thread... ] Jesper>>| There are other rewards than money. jcm>> Al summed it up quite well earlier. Jeff probably wants to get the jcm>> lining on his tinfoil hat thickened to avoid the brain lazers getting in jcm>> any further. Check those bushes for Novell snipers too - you never know jcm>> when they'll pop out and come to get you, like everyone else everywhere. *Strong medication*. Very strong. Now with added eucalyptus! It'll make removing all that code easier. Ya know, you don't like cdrom support in your kernel (and claim it corrupts memory on your SuSE box...that's cute) but I've never much like memory management or CPU support in my kernel. I say you rip out everything under kernel/ and mm/ just in case. After all, Novell operatives might have secretly corrupted it, eh? ;-). |>50,000USD is a patheticly small amount to pay for the kernel, there's |>nothing wrong with the current licensing model, and people already make |>big bucks from Linux. Several of those aren't just dot-coms that went |>tits up later either - and most of them emply core kernel hackers. I meant that too. Just think about it - with the number of contributors in the kernel you'll have to offer a lot of money before even a few of them start to hear cash register sounds in their head. I expect it is graphable, but I've never actually that eye-rolling-dollar-sign thing that happens in the various cartoons. By the time it's diluted down, is the guy entitled to 0.05 cents really going to be suddenly convinced that all this time he was secretly after money but didn't realize it? | Not for a license to a single snapshot of a single 2.6.X or 2.4.X | version. I'd argue that the kernel is entirely priceless. It's better than that, more advanced, now extra-caffeinated with added pro-V complex! | I agree this isn't about money. ...oh but you think this pointless endeavour of yours will actually get you somewhere other than in even more killfiles. I really shouldn't feed the troll but it's oh so hard to resist. I mean, you seem like a fun crazy sort of guy. So far I've seen: ~ *). Intense bitterness at Novell. ~ *). Signs of paranoid delusion. ~ *). A fundamental missunderstanding of the GPL. ~ *). Various other random craziness. Tell me, Mr Jeff, of various mail domains (does that make you feel bigger and better than the rest of us?) are you funded by Microsoft to suggest this stuff or do you truly believe it? Really? Truly? I mean, I'd much rather hear you're being paid to say this shite. | It's about control and using the GPL to control what happens. ...by undermininging it and opening the floor to bribary. What would those damn Novell snipers say about that? | The offer is for real. I doubt that greatly. Actually no, I don't. I believe there are crazy people in the US with lots of money who'll think this is a good idea. Jon. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBZj6KeTyyexZHHxERAgvmAJ9EtVnTzJt80T2UHxcsZL4Xkk5I9QCgioFh I1JFwYGT6amSyFOEvcEtW2M= =lUW8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----