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From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "Patrick J. LoPresti" <patl AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Another GPL violation: Re: Minimalistic   Build-Environmentforwin32 (~7.5MB)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:45:37 -0000
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> Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> writes:
> 
> > FWIW: I am not a lawyer.
> 
> And therefore, everything you have said may be safely ignored.
> 
> Until this alleged GPL violator receives a "cease and desist" order
> from an attorney, he has no reason to even consider modifying his
> behavior.  (Except to be polite, of course.  But at this point, he has
> little reason to want to be polite.  And providing a simple link to
> the Cygwin sources is nice enough to begin with.)
> 
> I really love it when non-lawyers talk about law, because it's
> hilarious.  Engineers are the best.  They have this fascinating notion
> that laws mean what their written text says.  Actually, laws mean
> whatever the courts decide they mean.  The apparent written text is
> not terribly important.  Want evidence?  Consider what happens when
> the text of a law, in your opinion, conflicts with a court's
> interpretation.  Guess to whom the people with badges and guns are
> going to listen?
> 
> Your notions about what constitutes a "GPL violation" are nothing more
> than your opinion.  And you are not even qualified to have one, much
> less to express it.  Much like the guy on the street corner expressing
> his opinion about the end of the world, it is kind of boring.
> 
> I hope everyone cheerfully ignores all these accusations of "GPL
> violations" and proceeds exactly as they have been.  I also hope the
> people making these accusations find better things to do with their
> time, but I admit to being pessimistic.

Ever heard of burning bridges, Patrick?


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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