Hi,
I'm the magicfilter maintainer and just switched to lprng to try it out.
It is a nice package, but the license is rather strange (from the lpr manpage):
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LPRng is distributed under the GNU software license fo
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:35:44PM +, Andrew Gray wrote:
> > Basically, he would like a licence
> > like that for the Knuth TeX programs themselves.
>
> Basically, the Knuth TeX prog
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On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 04:35:44PM +, Andrew Gray wrote:
> Basically, he would like a licence
> like that for the Knuth TeX programs themselves.
Basically, the Knuth TeX programs are in public domain, but the name is
trademarked.
>
Brian Ristuccia writes:
> I see "sell X" used pretty commonly as "sell X and all rights associated
> with X." If what you described was the only common usage, headlines like
> "Adobe buys GoLive" or the theoretical "Be, Inc. Buys Microsoft Windows"
> would make for pretty boring news articles.
But
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 07:11:54PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
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> > If the author meant copy, he should have said copy.
>
> Yes, he should. However, the usage "sell X" meaning "sell a copy of X" is
> common usage. In legal documents prepared by non-lawyers common usage
> rules.
I see "sell X" u
Brian Ristuccia writes:
> I phrased this incorrectly. "To sell a software package, a book, or a movie
> is to give the recipient all rights to the software package, the book, or
> the movie."
To sell *the copyright* on a software package, a book, or a movie is to
give the recipient all rights to t
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> As per my previous argument, it's very difficult to tell if you're selling a
> copy of the software, or selling your media and duplication services.
There IS no difference. "The copy" is simply an alternate phrase that denotes
the same physical object
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 12:51:39AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Brian Ristuccia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Don't say "but the user should know that he means make profit from selling a
> > _copy_ of mgetty". If you're an author, you'll find out very painfully the
> > difference between selli
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