From: David Starner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 02:34:55PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> He is _trying_ to be DFSG-compliant but his license is mis-worded.
> Someone should contact him.
David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From what I've read, Donald Knuth doesn't work on internet ti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes:
> When I first looked at that license, I didn't see the "Donald Knuth" and
> assumed that license was written by some completely clue-less person.
> It's extremely ambiguous in that the "changes are only permissible" does
> not actually grant any rights - i
There's got to be someone at Stanford who can get to him.
Bruce
Bruce Perens wrote:
> He is _trying_ to be DFSG-compliant but his license is mis-worded.
> Someone should contact him.
This is Donald Knuth we're talking about -- he's not easy to contact.
I don't think the license is a problem anyhow, here's my analyis.
"This file may be freely copied and dist
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 10:14:15AM +, Mike Goldman wrote:
> I don't think the license is a problem anyhow, here's my analyis.
... which does not address the two specific points I raised in my
original mail. I am not convinced.
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Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 10:14:15AM +, Mike Goldman wrote:
> > I don't think the license is a problem anyhow, here's my analyis.
>
> ... which does not address the two specific points I raised in my
> original mail. I am not convinced.
Well, it *does* address t
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 11:02:21AM +, Mike Goldman wrote:
> Well, it *does* address the issue of modified works. Either call it something
> other than MMIXware, or distribute pristine source plus patches.
Where does it say anything about distributing modified works? It just
says that modific
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 11:02:21AM +, Mike Goldman wrote:
> > Well, it *does* address the issue of modified works. Either call it
> > something
> > other than MMIXware, or distribute pristine source plus patches.
>
> Where does it say anything about distributi
Mike Goldman wrote:
> > And what about the binaries?
>
> I agree that binaries, modified or not, are a question. I will investigate
> this
> question as well as I can, but if anyone can get hold of Donald Knuth
> directly and
> obtain clarification, it may be helpful.
I browsed Professor Knuth
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 11:59:53AM +, Mike Goldman wrote:
> If
> we're required to take a position that absence of explicit grant to distribute
> binaries is denial of the right, you may be correct
That's how modern copyright operates. Everything is denied until
explicitly allowed.
This is a
On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 21:37:13 -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> There's got to be someone at Stanford who can get to him.
See http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html for contact
details.
Ray
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"J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 21:37:13 -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > There's got to be someone at Stanford who can get to him.
>
> See http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.html for contact
> details.
Yes, but to wait 3 months for a response to a snail mail req
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