From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Baudis Subject: Re: [FILE] GNU BIT Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:46:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20050425214617.GH13467@pasky.ji.cz> References: <20050425205226.GG13467@pasky.ji.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Git Mailing List X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 25 23:42:24 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DQBKj-00044g-N3 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:41:38 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261177AbVDYVq3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:46:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261226AbVDYVq3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:46:29 -0400 Received: from w241.dkm.cz ([62.24.88.241]:4838 "HELO machine.sinus.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261177AbVDYVqT (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:46:19 -0400 Received: (qmail 28391 invoked by uid 2001); 25 Apr 2005 21:46:18 -0000 To: Andreas Gal Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Outlook : A program to spread viri, but it can do mail too. Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Dear diary, on Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:33:12PM CEST, I got a letter where Andreas Gal told me that... > bit contains various pieces and snippets from Linus' and your scripts and > thus automatically falls under GPL. Maybe I should have stated that > somewhere explicitly, but its a 800 lines bash script for crying out loud. I skimmed over it briefly and admitelly didn't find anything *obviously* borrowed from my scripts, so I wanted to ask. It is worth noting explicitly, I think. > The "GNU" part was actually more like a joke. If you feel offended by it, > I am happy to remove it. Are there any trademark issues involved in using > "GNU"? I was not offended, just confused. :-) I think it's better not to use "GNU" in the name if it's not part of the GNU project. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- Steve Taylor