DM42 is now open-source!

[Manolo Sobrino]

(04-22-2018 09:02 PM)Thomas Okken Wrote:  

(04-22-2018 08:47 PM)Manolo Sobrino Wrote:  Come on Thomas, of course I've said SM has violated the GPL, of course I've said user rights can be enforced, actually I've said it's up to you how to do so and when to do so, in court. Do I have to say that users can enforce GPL for you? Well I won't.

No, in fact, you said the exact opposite:

(04-22-2018 04:04 PM)Manolo Sobrino Wrote:  Thomas, you are the copyright holder and as such you have the legal standing to sue. Users/customers don't. Sadly these things come to litigation, which I don't think was the point of GPL but here we are.

(Emphasis mine)

You were saying? Could you do us all a favor and try to figure out what point you want to make before posting?

(04-22-2018 08:47 PM)Manolo Sobrino Wrote:  I was just asking all parties to be reasonable and work something out, can all parties be reasonable? I'm not getting that. I'm just getting a "stay away from GPL, because it will explode".

You're not thinking straight about this Thomas. And I'm upset in a literal sense, yes I am.

Oh, right. I'm not being reasonable. What exactly am I supposed to "work out"? Oh, hey, SwissMicros, you clearly didn't pay attention to the license under which you're using the code that I wrote, but hey, no problem?

The unreasonable party here is SwissMicros, and everyone defending their illegal actions. Yes, I really resent the implication that *I* am in any way unreasonable here.

Oh dear, I've written legal standing for a reason. I can't go around suing for GPL violations if I have nothing to do with the copyright, well I could as a hobby but it would be pointless. That was my point. The FSF can do that with GPL GNU violations because GNU is basically theirs, but although they might help with it they won't sue SM for you.

I'm not defending SM. Let's kill this calculator and be done with it. We all have better things to do.