hi! El vie, 10-10-2003 a las 10:41, Joshua Haberman escribió: > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 00:44, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote: > > you can look, but not copy. Ie, figure out the one missing bit you > > don't have, then write it from memory. > > It is not nearly that simple. If you want to see the kind of analysis > that goes into deciding whether a program is infringing, I would > recommend reading the lengthy Computer Associates v. Altai opinion: > > http://www.bitlaw.com/source/cases/copyright/altai.html > > If by "write it from memory" you mean "reproduce the part you need > verbatim, but from memory" then that is certainly inadequate. The > mechanics of how you copy (copy/paste vs. memorize/recall) are > immaterial to whether infringement has occurred. > > Probably a better approach to the situation is to ask whoever wrote > alsamixer if they have any problem with it being used as a model for an > LGPL mixer. Or one person can read the amixer code and then answer the questions that the GStreamer mixer developer could have. I think that is is called a "clean implementation" or something like that. One person take the knowledge from the code, transform it in a document or something like that and then other person can take that document to implement a new version without not following the laws ;-) Ups, I love the GPL ... this is something the "enemy" could use against it ;-) Cheers > > Josh > > > Thomas > > > > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 09:35, Ronald Bultje wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 06:36, Alvaro del Castillo wrote: > > > > Reading the mixer thread I have thought several times that ... why this > > > > guys don't look into the alsamixer code to learn how to do it? Maybe it > > > > is a silly answer, I have no knowledge about ALSA code ... only a ALSA > > > > user for the moment ;-) > > > > > > That code is likely GPL, and we (or: I) want a LGPL mixer (there's some > > > legal reasons for this). > > > > > > Ronald > > > > Dave/Dina : future TV today ! - http://davedina.apestaart.org/ > > <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> > > Baby you cry too much I'm tired of the sound > > You're such a baby > > <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> > > URGent, best radio on the net - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.rug.ac.be/ > > > > >
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