Hi all,
It is unfortunately too easy to make the mistake of feeding
the robot
troll. :|
As everyone knows, Google has been quite friendly towards
Free Software,
but that doesn't mean all it makes is Free Software, which
could
certainly be improved in the future (and I hope so).
My phrase below mentions TerraMetrics, but that could
perfectly well be
$owner_name =~ /.*/
Rui
On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 01:01:22PM +0200, Alexander Terekhov
wrote:
>
> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 08:17:46PM +0200,
Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > > DiBona of Google (Open Source Programs
Manager):
> > >
> > > "issue is that Richard wants the imagery
that we ourselves do not own"
> > >
> > > h
ttp://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:14528
> >
> > This makes no sense, DiBona is not being clear
enough, opening doors
> > for your venom spit.
> >
> > In your quote, Ricard is talking about Google
Earth as the non-Free
> > Software program. Every non-Free Software program
is designed to
> > restrict freedom, it clearly says so in their
license.
> >
> > That's completely beside the point of wanting or
not the collection
> > of images. IMNSHO, sattelite photos of *our*
planet have no business
> > being owned by TerraMetrics, the owners of Google
Maps' imagery.
>
> <Forward Inline>
>
> -------
> Subject: Re: SFLC will love the 7th Circuit
> To: chris dibona.com
> Cc: verdy_pwanadoo.fr, dlw <danw6144insightbb.com>, license-discussopensource.org
>
> Hi Chris;
>
> On 10/15/07, Chris DiBona <cdibonagmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually, you're mixing up earth (where the issue
is that Richard
> > wants the imagery that we ourselves do not own)
and the google search
> > appliance. I invite you to go mess with the mirror
on code.google.com,
>
> Now, when it has become clear that according to GNU Law
you have lost
> all your licenses to GPL'd stuff inside search
appliance ("permanently
> for every program from every copyright holder, and has
to then go and
> beg forgiveness from everyone"), please consider
the following opinion
> from renowned GNUtian Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
<rms1407.org> (famous
> Portugal OOXML buster
> http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2007
071812280798):
>
> "Ricard is talking about Google Earth as the
non-Free Software
> program. Every non-Free Software program is designed to
restrict
> freedom, it clearly says so in their license.
>
> That's completely beside the point of wanting or not
the collection of
> images. IMNSHO, sattelite photos of *our* planet have
no business
> being owned by TerraMetrics, the owners of Google Maps'
imagery."
>
> Checking....
>
> Indeed.
>
> http:
//earth.google.com/intl/en-US/license.html
>
> Question: are you being disingenuous or what?
>
> Just curious.
>
> On Oct 15, 2007 9:47 AM, Philippe Verdy <verdy_pwanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > Alexander Terekhov [mailto:alexander.terekhovgmail.com] wrote:
> > > > Open Source Programs Manager, Google
Inc.
> > >
> > > http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciar
an_s_free_software_notes/transcript_
> > >
richard_stallman_honary_degree_speech_pavia_2007
> > >
> > > "Google designs software specifically to
restrict the user. That's the
> > > nature of the Google Earth client: it is made
the way it is
> > > specifically to restrict the people who use
it. Obviously, it's not
> > > Free Software, because Free Software develops
under the democratic
> > > control of its users."
>
> regards,
> alexander.
>
> --
> "To show the falsity of 'PJ''s claims, in most
cases I need look no further
> than Groklaw itself. 'PJ' wants more journalists to use
the site as a
> resource, so I'll do just that. Below are excerpts from
my story that 'PJ'
> says are incorrect, followed by 'PJ''s characterization
of them, and my
> response -- at times taken directly from
Groklaw."
>
> -- http://tinyurl.com/2mn3jc
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