Whatever the fact of the case, I find the tone of this email offensive. I'm sure I am not the only one. I think an apology is called for.
John Cremona On 8/14/07, Arash Partow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi William, > > I believe you are the one that is confused about the GPL. > The GPL is a form of copyright that is provided with a > piece of work. In this case I permit people to use Wykobi > under the terms of the GPL open source license as opposed > to say the CPL, LGPL or the Mozilla license. > > As for commercial use, if you bothered to understand the > FSF's definition of derivative works you would know it is > a necessity for anyone wanting to use the code in a commercial > environment not to have to deal with the viral effects of the > GPL. > > I suggest in the future you actually "know" or at least become > familiar with what you are talking about before you make such > comments, as it does not bode well for someone that supposedly > has tenure. > > > Arash Partow > __________________________________________________ > Be one who knows what they don't know, > Instead of being one who knows not what they don't know, > Thinking they know everything about all things. > http://www.partow.net > > > > > On Aug 11, 9:47 am, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Another GPL one is Wykobi > > > (www.wykobi.com). > > > > Wykobi has no documentation, is very new (version 0.0.03), and > > I'm pretty sure the author(s) are totally confused about what the > > GPL is. The claim to make Wykobi available under the GPL but > > only for non-commercial use -- which doesn't make sense because > > "GPL + non-commercial" is non-GPL compatible license. The GPL > > doesn't allow restrictions against commercial use. Anyway, Wykobi > > unfortunately isn't really GPL'd. > > > > -- William > > > > > > > -- John Cremona --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
