From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: Gitbox Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:02:17 -0700 Message-ID: <86vcyhegk6.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <4238CC86-13A5-4DB8-B8B2-BC3AA2F2DA5E@gmail.com> <4DA654D4.5040104@medialab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Joshua Juran , Daniel Searles , Drew Northup , oleganza@gmail.com, Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Searles To: Chris Perkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 14 04:02:29 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QABt6-0001Ym-Lx for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:02:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756194Ab1DNCCW (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:02:22 -0400 Received: from lax-gw02.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.102]:46089 "EHLO mail.mroute.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752837Ab1DNCCV (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:02:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lax-gw02.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEDD41DF030; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:02:18 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by lax-gw02.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9941DF02F; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:02:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0A29F2B5D; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:02:17 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.18.5.2; tzolkin = 10 Ik; haab = 10 Pop In-Reply-To: <4DA654D4.5040104@medialab.com> (Chris Perkins's message of "Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:58:44 -0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Perkins writes: Chris> Is that a violation of the GPL? I would say that it absolutely Chris> is. Which part, then? Name chapter and verse. Maybe the spirit, as you see it. But which letter? But if the GPL is to be treated as a legally enforceable document, "live by the sword, and die by the sword". GPL-desk-pounders can't have it both ways. (This is also why it's not "GNU/Linux"... if RMS had wanted that, it should have been written into the license. He forgot, so the rest is history. It's just Linux, dammit.) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion