Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 17:23:14 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld <none@regnauld--x0.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk> To: bsd-dk@bsd-dk.dk Subject: Re: Dr Dobbs-artiklene om 386BSD blir tilgjengelige på web
On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 09:44:35AM +0200, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote:
> Via BSDnews.com kommer nyheten om at Dr Dobbs-artiklene om portingen av
> BSD til intel i386-arkitektur er i ferd med å bli tilgjengelige på web.
>
> Startsiden (grusom design) er http://porting-unix-to-the-386.jolix.com/.
Det er lidt morsomt at læse Jolitz give en forkert fortolkning af GPL:
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http://porting-unix-to-the-386.jolix.com/copyrights-copylefts-and-competitive-advantage
[...]
Finally, the copyleft attempts to exert control over any discussion
and analysis of the code itself in any printed medium, and states in
part: "...The 'Program,' below, refers to any such program or work,
and a 'work based on the Program' means either the Program or any work
containing the Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with
modifications ...."
Thus, according to the copyleft, a written examination of GCC, which
utilizes some of the code itself for purposes of discussion, falls under
the copyleft itself. This is a condition unacceptable to authors and
publishers, because they make their income only from the publishing
and distribution of written works, and not necessarily from software
products. Perhaps this was an unintended side effect of the copyleft,
but attempts to narrow it have been to no avail.
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