On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:54:14PM -0700, Joel Baker wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:13:03PM -0500, Nathan Hawkins wrote:
> >
> > If we're really worried about this, we can always use the names of the
> > Dwarves in the Hobbit. Most (all?) of those names are from Icelandic
> > sags, IIRC. So i
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:42:43AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> However if you copy copy-protected CD foo with program bar at home you
> won't be persecuted by criminal law, but the manufacturar might start
> private action against you, claiming compensation.
In the US, copyright violation is n
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:42:06PM -0800, Ben Reser wrote:
> As a member of the ayttm project I'd really just like to see this issue
> resolved. We need a JPEG2000 implementation in order to interoperate
> with Yahoo's webcam feature. While we have a functionality implemented
> against your libra
[What is this doing here? Moving to -curiosa]
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:06:01PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Nathan Hawkins wrote:
> >Your proposal would change that. I oppose it, and I would oppose it just
> >the same if you wanted to call them Loki, Kali or Hitler. (To pick a few
> >at rand
> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Branden> Remember, outside the Free Software community, copyright is
Branden> used only as a destructive weapon, not a tool for promoting
Branden> cooperation and harmony.
It looks like not only outside Free Software community, con
Nathan Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> If Homer isn't copyright and trademark free, nothing is safe.
Homer is not trademark-free. Try googling for "Odyssey is a registered
trademark".
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathanael Nerode) schrieb:
> Debian NotBSD ;-)
Plus Debian FearBSD and Debian OvenBSD (or UponBSD?)
Bye, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Branden Robinson) wrote on 17.12.03 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> It's impossible to not offend fundamentalists.
And let's not forget there are different kinds of fundamentalists. Who
agree on very little indeed.
> I honestly don't think it's worth the time to try and placate t
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 04:31:42AM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:12:21AM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
>
> > I think you trimmed away content that was crucial for understanding the
> > parts you did quote, but whatever.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:13:29AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Cf. Jesux.
>
> ...which has gone for some years without attracting anyone who is both
> pious enough and clueful enough to develop it.
>
> I find this inverse correlation suggestive. :)
Or, it could be that Jesux wasn't reall
Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 04:31:42AM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > Which would amount to saying "We won't tell you why, but please change
> > your name." I think that would be discouteous in the extreme.
> No, they simply could have said that they
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Alle 21:13, mercoledì 17 dicembre 2003, Nathan Hawkins ha scritto:
> If you wanted Greek names, there are plenty of obscure nymphs, satyrs,
> centaurs, etc. to choose from.
Here's the name index from Ovid's Metamo
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On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:36:35AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> [I am not subscribed to debian-bsd.]
>
> [We're back off-topic for -legal.]
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 07:33:17PM -0500, Brian T. Sniffen wrote:
> > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writ
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 03:26:13PM +, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Still the nice thing about using old, old names like the ones I proposed
> > is that you can be almost positive no one has a leg to stand on in any
> > claim to "own" the name.
>
>
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:55:20PM +, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > You seem to have already noted this, but I should re-emphasize that
> > since the Tolkien novels are still under copyright, then legally the
> > names from them are just as much risk
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