Research Strategy Corner: Disambiguating “Open”

Hank Just Blogged About Critical Thinking

Port 25 — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:27:51 GMT

Hank just blogged about critical thinking. If I had to state my own concise definition of what lies at the heart of critical thinking, it would be a personal commitment to finding the right solution to any problem, regardless of whether or not figuring

re: Research Strategy Corner: Disambiguating “Open”

fluke — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:05:20 GMT

GPL Clause 1 reads as follows: "You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program." The URL provided is a physically separate entity from the GSA. An entire copy of the URL is not shipped as part of the GSA. You have still failed to provide where a copy of the GPL is included as part of the GSA itself. You have provided information on how Google has choosen to honor Clause 3 of the GPL. But you have failed to provide any details on how the GPL provides exceptions for Clause 1. This is probably because the GPL v2 does not provide ANY exception for Clause 1 even if Clause 3 is honored. Google is still in violation of the General Public License. It is "nice" that they choose to not violate all the clauses and did honor Clause 3 requirements. But they are still in violation of the GPL. All you have to do to prove me wrong is follow my instructions and provide where a customer can find a written copy of the GPL and LGPL provided in the same box that the GSA is shipped in. This can either be with the dead-wood material or the web interface pages that come directly from the GSA box itself. Since none of the code.google.com pages appear directly on the GSA box, they do not apply. Your reply contributes nothing in regards to clearing Goggle's name from being nothing more than yet another company that failed follow the simple requirements of the GPL. A Clause 1 violation remains a Clause 1 violation until the clause is honored.

re: Research Strategy Corner: Disambiguating “Open”

gstein — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:50:49 GMT

http://code.google.com/mirror/gsa.html

re: Research Strategy Corner: Disambiguating “Open”

fluke — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:16:55 GMT

"Too bad Google will save your foolishness for all eternity."

What is that supposed to mean??

Here is a job for you:

1) Read GPL Clause 1
2) Buy a Google Search Appliance
3) Plug a monitor into the VGA port and boot it (notice it booting Linux?)
4) Find any references to the GPL in the written documentation provided with the GSA (did not find any yet?)
4) Find any references to the GPL through the web interface to the GSA to the GPL (still did not find any??)
5) Re-read the GPL Clause 1
6) Write a paper explaining how Google's clear violation of GPL Clause 1 over the last **four years** will save the "foolishness for all eternity" of those that will befuddle the word Open. (Good luck with that).

Buzz word soup

stats_for_all — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:44:06 GMT

As you mature, you will look back with embarassment on your befuddlement at the word Open. Too bad Google will save your foolishness for all eternity.