Re: filebench: bison generated parser + CDDL

[Evan Lavelle]

On 02/08/2012 07:25, Akim Demaille wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Dropping CC is quite impolite, especially when it is to write about
> the missing person.

Apologies if I missed out anyone. It seemed to me that most people were 
getting at least two copies of the email.

> I don't know them, but I believe that Evan Lavelle's statements are
> untrue.  They do charge companies that ask questions about proprietary
> software, but the rest is free of charge.  There can be mistakes, of
> course, if the context is not clearly established, which is not the
> case here.

I've tried asking them to clarify a specific point in their licence, 
with context, in the past. They replied, stating that "I cannot advise 
you in developing non-free software". I replied, stating (among other 
things) that "I'm not asking you for advice on developing non-free 
software; I'm asking you for clarification on the terms of your 
licence". They didn't reply to my second mail. I've attached their only 
response below, dated 26th Feb 2008.

The GPL is complex, and GPL3 even more so. The onus must be on the 
licence writer to clarify the terms of their licence; if they don't so 
so, then they should at least answer emails requesting further 
clarification. I can only assume that address@hidden has not answered 
Martin's question, or he wouldn't be asking us. The problem here is that 
the GPL is so complex and opaque that the FSF must get literally 
thousands of queries on it. The internet is just littered with questions 
and misunderstandings on GPL.

As it happens, I don't think Martin's question is a complex one. I think 
he should just get on and do it. And, if he hasn't received a reply from 
address@hidden, he's probably covered anyway.

-Evan

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