Shlomi, have you noticed you are the only one so far
that consistently cross post to several mailing lists?
On Saturday, 3 בOctober 2009 15:48:53 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> ... the FSF is far too picky and fanatical about its choice of
> what is a "100% Free Distribution". From my understanding, the FS
Hi Mikhael!
On Sunday 30 Aug 2009 02:51:47 Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 28 Aug 2009 21:39:14 +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Hi Mikhael!
> >
> > Thanks for your comments and sorry for the late response.
>
> No worry about the late response, mostly because I didn't see much to
> discuss here. You wr
On Wednesday 02 September 2009 12:30:34 Meir Kriheli wrote:
> On 09/01/2009 11:21 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
>
>
>
> > Apple is actually a pretty decent supporter of FOSS, they just chose not
> > to use the GPL, which lead them to BSD instead of Linux, and they kept
> > parts of their operati
On 09/02/2009 01:16 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
>
> On Sep 2, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Meir Kriheli wrote:
>
>>
>> A company which shuts down websites (to let their PR keep rolling on
>> launch),
>
> How about a citation? This is to vague to be anything but FUD without one.
ThinkSecret had to shutd
On Tuesday 01 September 2009 22:43:12 Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 September 2009 14:09:24 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > So why am I still sticking with the MIT/X11? The main reason I think is
> > that as an open-source programmer, I'm not interested in worrying about
> > how people abuse my code. I
On Sep 2, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Meir Kriheli wrote:
A company which shuts down websites (to let their PR keep rolling on
launch),
How about a citation? This is to vague to be anything but FUD without
one.
forces other to remove videos (wired),
That's simply wrong. Apple never forced Wire
On 09/01/2009 11:21 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
> Apple is actually a pretty decent supporter of FOSS, they just chose not
> to use the GPL, which lead them to BSD instead of Linux, and they kept
> parts of their operating system and technology proprietary. They have an
> obligation to their s
On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:43 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
Even if they do monopolistic things with your code? See this:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137291/Mac_clone_maker_sues_Apple_over_Snow_Leopard
I think the preceding article is one of the strongest arguments for
copyleft
I've ever se
On Tuesday 01 September 2009 14:09:24 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> So why am I still sticking with the MIT/X11? The main reason I think is
> that as an open-source programmer, I'm not interested in worrying about how
> people abuse my code. I don't like Apple, and am not fond of many Microsoft
> products.
On Friday 21 August 2009 19:58:13 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have published a new essay about free software licences:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-wa
>rs/
>
> Any comments will be welcome.
>
Replying to myself (while de-CCing Perl-IL) I'd lik
> Thanks for submitting this story to Slashdot, (which got it accepted
> eventually). I submitted it too, but I didn't see it published. I'm not sure
> I understood the teaser paragraph:
>
> <
> Here's an exercise: Write a GPLed server for solving Freecell that the
> graphical game woul
On 21 Aug 2009 19:58:13 +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> I have published a new essay about free software licences:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-wars/
>
> Any comments will be welcome.
This article contains several factual errors as well as many argu
On Tuesday 25 August 2009 19:29:31 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have published a new essay about free software licences:
> >
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-
> >wars/
> >
> > Any comments will be welcome.
>
> Tens of comments here already:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I have published a new essay about free software licences:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-wars/
>
> Any comments will be welcome.
>
Tens of comments here already:
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1356213/Getting-Through-the-F
On Sunday 23 August 2009 16:14:28 Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sunday 23 August 2009 05:43:55 you wrote:
> > Hi Steve, and everybody!
> >
> > On Saturday 22 August 2009 21:54:35 Steve Litt wrote:
> > > I think a lot of people (including me) like GPL's guarantee that
> > > they're not doing unpaid work fo
On Sunday 23 August 2009 08:49:09 Ori Idan wrote:
> > I do completely understand the attractiveness of the MIT license. It's
> > simple
> > and can't come back to bite you later. I'm just saying the GPL has plenty
> > of
> > benefits.
> >
> > I am not sure I understand.
>
> MIT license can't come b
On Sunday 23 August 2009 05:43:55 you wrote:
> Hi Steve, and everybody!
>
> On Saturday 22 August 2009 21:54:35 Steve Litt wrote:
> > I think a lot of people (including me) like GPL's guarantee that they're
> > not doing unpaid work for Microsoft (or Apple). My experience with
> > VimOutliner, whi
Hi Steve, and everybody!
On Saturday 22 August 2009 21:54:35 Steve Litt wrote:
> On Saturday 22 August 2009 03:21:13 you wrote:
> > On Friday 21 August 2009 22:07:17 Steve Litt wrote:
> > > I disagree with some of your
> > > conclusions, but obviously your facts are spot on.
> >
> > Thanks. I woul
>
> I do completely understand the attractiveness of the MIT license. It's
> simple
> and can't come back to bite you later. I'm just saying the GPL has plenty
> of
> benefits.
>
> I am not sure I understand.
MIT license can't come back and bite me?
Correct me if I am wrong but in MIT license someo
On Sunday 23 August 2009 01:49:09 you wrote:
> > I do completely understand the attractiveness of the MIT license. It's
> > simple
> > and can't come back to bite you later. I'm just saying the GPL has plenty
> > of
> > benefits.
> >
> > I am not sure I understand.
>
> MIT license can't come back a
On Saturday 22 August 2009 03:21:13 you wrote:
> On Friday 21 August 2009 22:07:17 Steve Litt wrote:
> > I disagree with some of your
> > conclusions, but obviously your facts are spot on.
>
> Thanks. I would be happy to hear any arguments you have against my
> conclusions. Maybe I'll change my op
I also like the article, it really shows most of the licenses and explains
them.
I would be happy if it contains more information about the clauses in BSD
licenses.
As for myself I prefer writing GPL applications as GPL license keeps the
software free so it actually defends me from people that wil
On Friday 21 August 2009 22:07:17 Steve Litt wrote:
> On Friday 21 August 2009 12:58:13 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have published a new essay about free software licences:
> >
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-
> >wa rs/
> >
> > Any comments
On Friday 21 August 2009 12:58:13 Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have published a new essay about free software licences:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-wa
>rs/
>
> Any comments will be welcome.
Excellent essay! I like the way you immediately revea
Hi all!
I have published a new essay about free software licences:
http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-wars/
Any comments will be welcome.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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