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Nice ad hominem attackNice ad hominem attackPosted Oct 25, 2004 12:42 UTC (Mon) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462)In reply to: Nice ad hominem attack by job Parent article: How to be a Free Software zealot (NewsForge)
But if your GPL'd code contains lots of trademarked words, then trademark laws are also in effect and can restrict distribution in ways the GPL was designed to protect. If your code contains trademarks or copyrighted works that are not your own, normal restrictions apply. I'm pretty sure the GPL respects that, so what's the problem?
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Nice ad hominem attack Posted Oct 25, 2004 21:23 UTC (Mon) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link] I was merely explaning how trademark law as well as copyright law canretrict distribution of software, as you said they have nothing to do with each other. My original comment was about that I think that a software should have all parts free (copyright as well as trademark license) to be considered free as a whole, and gave Firefox as a counterexample.
Nice ad hominem attack Posted Oct 25, 2004 21:50 UTC (Mon) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462) [Link] I am not quite sure what you mean. The GPL is actually quite restrictive, and only through its restrictions does it provide freedom. This is a way of saying that freedom is not as simple as getting rid of as much restrictions as we can.
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