matt@group-w.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) (05/04/90)
Anyone applying the patch, beware! Nothing in Brnstnd's license terms say that you can distribute a modified version, and no exception is made for modifications which purport to originate with the author. Yes, maybe if you spent a week reading law books, you might find a valid defense for going ahead and doing so anyway. Or you might not. ________________________________________________________ Matt Crawford matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu
davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) (05/05/90)
matt@group-w.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) writes: >Anyone applying the patch, beware! Nothing in Brnstnd's license terms >say that you can distribute a modified version, and no exception is made >for modifications which purport to originate with the author. Let this not turn into a Usenet-tempest please, people... my last teapot cracked over a misunderstanding and the dormouse scared my manager out of a year's growth. --dave (who expects further elucidation from stealth) c-b -- David Collier-Brown, | davecb@Nexus.YorkU.CA, ...!yunexus!davecb or 72 Abitibi Ave., | {toronto area...}lethe!dave Willowdale, Ontario, | "And the next 8 man-months came up like CANADA. 416-223-8968 | thunder across the bay" --david kipling
davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) (05/05/90)
matt@group-w.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) writes: >Anyone applying the patch, beware! Nothing in Brnstnd's license terms >say that you can distribute a modified version, and no exception is made >for modifications which purport to originate with the author. Let this not turn into a Usenet-tempest please, people... my last teapot cracked over a misunderstanding and the dormouse scared my manager out of a year's growth. --dave (who expects further elucidation from stealth) c-b -- David Collier-Brown, | davecb@Nexus.YorkU.CA, ...!yunexus!davecb or 72 Abitibi Ave., | {toronto area...}lethe!dave Willowdale, Ontario, | "And the next 8 man-months came up like CANADA. 416-223-8968 | thunder across the bay" --david kipling
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (05/05/90)
In article <978@gargoyle.uchicago.edu> matt@group-w.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) writes:
Anyone applying the patch, beware! Nothing in Brnstnd's license terms
say that you can distribute a modified version, and no exception is made
for modifications which purport to originate with the author.
So? Don't apply the patches, just redistribute the origin and the patches.
INIGO: Crawford, he can... fuss.
FEZZIK: Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at us.
INIGO: Probably he means no... harm.
FEZZIK: He's very very short on charm.
-TPB
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--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667
Violence never solves problems, it just changes them into more subtle problemsbrnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (05/06/90)
matt@group-w.uchicago.edu writes: > Anyone applying the patch, beware! Nothing in Brnstnd's license terms > say that you can distribute a modified version, and no exception is made > for modifications which purport to originate with the author. As Russ Nelson pointed out, this means that unless you ask me first, you have to distribute patches and the original separately, rather than in a single patched version. People do this anyway, as unpackaging, patching, and repackaging software is error-prone and accomplishes little. I don't see any reason for this to cause concern. Matt, why do you feel compelled to post these childish attempts to discourage people from the normal distribution of my code? If you have purely good intentions, why don't you try saving the net some bandwidth and angst by telling me your concerns through e-mail before you post? Could you at least read 17 USC before you talk about copyright law? In article <10638@yunexus.UUCP> davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) writes: > --dave (who expects further elucidation from stealth) c-b Lucid enough? ---Dan