rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) (06/27/90)
In <37220@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes: >Absolutely nobody puts anything in the public domain these days. Provably false. A notable example is PDTAR by John Gilmore, and lesser examples include my cshar news/mail gateway packages. Follow-ups redirected. /r$ -- Please send comp.sources.unix-related mail to rsalz@uunet.uu.net. Use a domain-based address or give alternate paths, or you may lose out.
kovach@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Pete Kovach) (06/28/90)
Michael Tiemann writes - >You should quit now, before spreading further misinformation >masquerading as corrections to your previous misinformation. >Several companies are building commercial products with or based upon >InterViews. I assumed he just sent this mail, but.... Let me explain since you seem far too ignorant to be civil about this. I stated that they have a license on the product to "CONTROL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SYSTEM". This means that they do not want just anyone selling, modifying, etc their product without permission. You can USE THE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP ANYTHING YOU WANT AND THEY HAVE NO RESTRICTINOS ON THAT. Did I get through to you yet - I cannot speak at any simpler of a level for you. >I am sure that you have no ulterior motive in these transmissions, but >your incompetant interpretations only serve to damage the reputations >and the efforts of the GNU project, Stanford University, and anybody >else in a position to use or produce software. How stating that they have produced a product that anyone can use and that gets around the licensing restrictions that g++ forced on us "DAMAGES" their reputation is beyond me. I can only thank them for the product - it makes life easier on those who use it and it is GOOD by all accounts. I do not know if English is a second language to you or you are just ignorant, but do not post articles insinuating that I stated something that I did not. Learn how to read and COMPREHEND what you read before responding. Peter Kovach Sig - We don't need no stinking sig!
gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) (06/28/90)
In article <78444@srcsip.UUCP> kovach@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Pete Kovach) writes: > >Michael Tiemann writes - > >>You should quit now, before spreading further misinformation >>masquerading as corrections to your previous misinformation. >>Several companies are building commercial products with or based upon >>InterViews. > >I assumed he just sent this mail, but.... > >Let me explain since you seem far too ignorant to be civil about >this. Er, I don't believe Mr. Tiemann is attempting to be uncivil just to be uncivil. Earlier postings about InterViews did not make it clear that it is permissible to use InterViews in a commercial product. Mr. Tiemann was pointing this out. He is correct about this point. Your posting agrees with him on this point. Neither posting was ignorant in this respect. Now whether or not this makes "InterViews" non-commercial or not is merely a question of semantics, and hopefully something that we won't see discussed on comp.lang.c++. -- "Perhaps I'm commenting a bit cynically, but I think I'm qualified to." - Dan Bernstein