From: Hyman Rosen on
On 3/29/2010 12:13 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> You have nothing meaningful to quote from.

On the contrary, all of my quotes are germane. Yours are lengthy,
and none of them except those from like-minded cranks support
your thesis in any way. Quoting from the FSF and the GPL while
willfully failing to acknowledge that the GPL distinguishes in
the permissions it grants between different kinds of collective
works is foolish, since anyone can plainly see that this is so
by reading the exact text you quote.
From: Alexander Terekhov on


Hyman Rosen wrote:
>
> On 3/29/2010 12:13 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > You have nothing meaningful to quote from.
>
> On the contrary, all of my quotes are germane.

You quoted nothing in your message, silly Hyman.

regards,
alexander.

P.S. "Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, exceeds the
originality standards required by copyright law."

Hyman Rosen <hyrosen(a)mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate'

P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this
fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress."

Hyman Rosen <hyrosen(a)mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate'

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be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards
too, whereas GNU cannot.)
From: Hyman Rosen on
On 3/29/2010 3:07 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Hyman Rosen wrote:
>> On the contrary, all of my quotes are germane.
> You quoted nothing in your message.

On other occasions.
From: Alexander Terekhov on

Hyman Rosen wrote:
>
> On 3/29/2010 3:07 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > Hyman Rosen wrote:
> >> On the contrary, all of my quotes are germane.
> > You quoted nothing in your message.
>
> On other occasions.

I lack knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the
truth of your statement and therefore I deny it.

Stop ignoring the facts Hyman.

Recall that the FSF itself is on record:

http://www.terekhov.de/Wallace_v_FSF_37.pdf

"In his Response, Plaintiff claims that FSF uses the GPL "to pool and
cross-license [FSF's] intellectual property with others." However, as is
evident on the face of the agreement itself, the GPL is not a "pooling"
or "cross-licensing" agreement. To the contrary, the GPL, which is the
target of Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, is a software licensing
agreement under which the GNU/Linux Operating System is licensed to
users. The express purpose of the GPL is to make certain that "the
software is free for all its users." (GPL, Preamble, Ex. A.) In fact,
the GPL itself rejects any automatic aggregation of software copyrights
under the GPL simply because one program licensed under the GPL is
distributed together with another program that is not licensed under the
GPL: "In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the
Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a
volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work
under the scope of this License." Plaintiff's miscaracterization of the
GPL in his Response has no bearing on the resolution of the pending
Motion to Dismiss because the Court can examine the GPL itself. "[T]o
the extent that the terms of an attached contract conflict with the
allegations of the complaint, the contract controls." Centers v.
Centennial Mortg., Inc., 398 F.3d 930, 933 (7th Cir. 2005). "

Philip A. Whistler (#1205-49)
Curtis W. McCauley (#16456-49)
Attorneys for Defendant, Free Software Foundation, Inc.

ICE MILLER
One American Square Box 82001
Indianapolis, IN 46282-0002
317.236.2100

See also

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ambiguity

"Courts frequently interpret an ambiguous contract term against the
interests of the party who prepared the contract and created the
ambiguity. This is common in cases of adhesion contracts and insurance
contracts. A drafter of a document should not benefit at the expense of
an innocent party because the drafter was careless in drafting the
agreement.

In Constitutional Law, statutes that contain ambiguous language are void
for vagueness. The language of such laws is considered so obscure and
uncertain that a reasonable person cannot determine from a reading what
the law purports to command or prohibit. This statutory ambiguity
deprives a person of the notice requirement of Due Process of Law, and,
therefore, renders the statute unconstitutional. "

regards,
alexander.

P.S. "Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, exceeds the
originality standards required by copyright law."

Hyman Rosen <hyrosen(a)mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate'

P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this
fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress."

Hyman Rosen <hyrosen(a)mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate'

--
http://gng.z505.com/index.htm
(GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can
be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards
too, whereas GNU cannot.)
From: Hyman Rosen on
On 3/29/2010 3:07 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> whether the copyright is being used in a manner violative
> of the public policy embodied in the grant of a copyright.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause>
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,
by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors
the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and
Discoveries.

<http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/WallaceFSFGrantingDismiss.pdf>
The GPL purportedly functions to �guarantee [users�]
freedom to share and change free software.� (GPL Preamble.)
As alleged, the GPL in no way forecloses other operating
systems from entering the market. Instead, it merely acts
as a means by which certain software may be copied,
modified and redistributed without violating the software�s
copyright protection. As such, the GPL encourages, rather
than discourages, free competition and the distribution of
computer operating systems, the benefits of which directly
pass to consumers. These benefits include lower prices,
better access and more innovation.

While ant-GPL cranks complain, courts see that the GPL promotes
good public policy.