Re: Is this alowed?

On Monday 29 December 2003 12:50 pm, Charlie Brady wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, John Cusick wrote:
> > Were you about to make a comment, or was this a subtle comment on the
> > excessive top-posting and lack of cleaning up previous messages?
> >
> > :-)
>
> Sorry, my mistake. I was going to make a comment, but coffee arrived, and
> I hit the wrong button.

Just a quick comment to point out I was rather roundly trounced and then asked 
to not discuss this anymore on this dev-list the very last time such a topic 
came up.

I guess it is "who" makes a comment more than "what is being said" that 
matters here.

Sigh.....

Bob Finch


>
> Back to the topic:
>
> As to what is allowed and not allowed, I would re-iterate that people
> should read the licenses which they are given, and if in doubt, consult a
> lawyer.
>
> As to the distribution in question, one would need to examine the software
> in more detail to verify compliance with the GPL.
>
> As you can see here:
>
> http://youresale.com/products/yes_license_agreement.php
>
> they 1) inform their customers that the GPL applies to some included
> software components and 2) assert licensing restrictions which are
> incompatible with the GPL on the product as a whole.
>
> IANAL, so I won't comment on the legality of their operation (Mitel's
> lawters can ponder that question).
>
> As a free software developer, I can say that their operation does not
> comply with the spirit of free software development - they are attempting
> to limit distribution of the software to "genuine MaPs (Mom and Pop
> Store)", and they are sharing none of their own developments/modifications
> with you and me.
>
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> A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
> Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text?
>
>
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