Fwd: [fosscomm] Fwd: On NREGA : CBI, CAG and PMO
अभिजित Abhijit
http://lists.fosscom.in/htdig.cgi/network-fosscom.in/2009-September/001320.html
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From: jtd <j...@mtnl.net.in>
Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [fosscomm] Fwd: On NREGA : CBI, CAG and PMO
To: Indian FOSS Community Network list <net...@lists.fosscom.in>
http://lists.fosscom.in/htdig.cgi/network-fosscom.in/2009-September/001320.html
On Monday 14 September 2009, jtd wrote:
> In the case of software we have additional components generated from the
> original - binaries and libraries - causing all the complications which
> necessitate a very clever licencing scheme called GPL.
To flog EULA stupidity a little more: code is like a recipe. Anyone writing a
recipe (code) to make some exotic sambar can own a copyright on the recipe.
But if i peruse the recipe to make sambar masala (library) or sambar
(binary), the author has no rights over my sambar powder or the sambar made
from either the recipe or the powder. The consequences of EULAs on cookbooks
would be real fun, with per stove, per table seat, per user, per helping
restrictions, no derivative works - what no idli sambar? i protest. No
reverse engineering - coat your tongue with teflon and pincer da nez before
entering this restaurant, by entering this restaurant you agree to never
disclose the taste of our rancid virus laden sambar.
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Rgds
JTD
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