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Re: Request for information

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Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> writes:

> On Thursday 16 August 2018 18:46:26 Brian wrote:
>
>> On Thu 16 Aug 2018 at 18:36:52 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>> [Almost everything snipped - for obvious reasons.]
>>
>> > Someone who is an actual member of the organization will probably
>> > clarify it further, but I didn't want you to think you are being
>> > ignored.
>>
>> Ignoring it would have been the better choice. I do not think you
>> would have hurt his feelings by doing so. :)
>
> From the line of his msg, it was obvious he, and apparently no one else 
> at his place, had ever heard of the gpl-v2. The main point of that being 
> that they can't take it and put their own license on it. That battle has 
> been won in most of the courts on this wet rock already by the gpl being 
> found valid. But I would expect they will walk away without another word 
> when they find there is no warranty.  People like that have a need for 
> somebody to sue if it doesn't Just Work, for their definition of works. 
> They are totally unwilling to accept any liability and will run like 
> turpentine doused cats to find somebody to blame. And thats one less 
> thing this camp has to worry about when they do back away.
>
> Basicly, Brian, IMNSHO, the gpl is saying TANSTAAFL, a concept their MBA 
> degree professors never explained. I'm afraid I have to chuckle 
> everytime I see it being enforced. An MBA degree means they've had 
> common sense beat out of them. And they willingly subjected themselves 
> to it.
>
> Take care now Brian.

You're giving him too much credit.  There's no evidence he even knew he
was asking the question of a place that develops software; his query
would have made just as much sense delivered to a tennis shoe
manufacturer.  It looked like a mass email hoping to get some leads
for... something...

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Request for information David Wilson <inboxemailer@gmail.com> - 2018-08-16 23:50 +0200
  Re: Request for information Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-17 00:40 +0200
    Re: Request for information Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-17 00:50 +0200
      Re: Request for information Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-17 01:50 +0200
        Re: Request for information Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-08-17 02:20 +0200
        Re: Request for information Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-08-17 05:50 +0200
        Re: Request for information Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-08-17 06:40 +0200
          Re: Request for information Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-17 06:50 +0200
            Re: Request for information <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-17 09:00 +0200
              Re: Request for information Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-17 09:20 +0200
                Re: Request for information <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-17 09:30 +0200

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