From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269354AbTGJPGa (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:06:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269357AbTGJPGa (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:06:30 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:5504 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269354AbTGJPG2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:06:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Gene Heskett cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Dodd , Miles Bader , Andre Hedrick Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL In-Reply-To: <200307101105.08279.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Message-ID: References: <3F0D7B0F.8090506@cypress.com> <200307101105.08279.gene.heskett@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I don't think anybody is going to be able to formally register "OSL". Do a web-search.... It's in use everywhere!! Whatever it's supposed to be,.... isn't. On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 10 July 2003 10:41, Thomas Dodd wrote: > >Miles Bader wrote: > >> Thomas Dodd writes: > >>>Either license would still reguire registration for enforcement. > >>> But the _new_ license, like OSL, would "will have teeth to > >>> defend", and stand up in court since the GPL didn't. > >> > >> Why? If the court loss was due to a lack of registration, the > >> content of the license has no relevance -- _any_ license would > >> lose in that situation. > > What court loss? > > This hasn't to my knowledge been exposed on /. I would have thought > it would be all over the front page, particularly if it was a loss > against the GPL. > > >Where did you get that the "loss was due to a lack of registration" > > ? > > > > From Andre's 6/29 message: > > > I am in the process of getting the formal registered copyright. > > > > > > I will take GPL to court and will not settle out of court. > > > GPL will live or die in this case, I do not give a damn which way > > > it falls. > > > > > > GPL wins great. > > > GPL loses, maybe better so it can be replaced with OSL and then > > > it gets serious because we will have teeth to defend the ideas > > > of open source. > > > >Andre is formaly registering the copyright, so that the lawyers will > >take the case. Without it, in the US at least, the case will never > > be heard. Andre has stated this case will be heard, so the GPL will > > be tested in court. The loss would not be related to registration. > > > > -Thomas > > > And where can a person view this 'replacement' GPL, called OSL? > > -- > Cheers, Gene > AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M > Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M > 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message > by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.