Defence statement released in Israeli GPL test (Linux.com)

[Posted April 3, 2007 by ris]

Linux.com reports that the GPL is being tested in Israeli court. "The defence in the Jin vs. Ichessu case, in which the GNU General Public License (GPL) is being tested in Israeli court, has filed a detailed defence, which moves the lawsuit from the fast-track short proceedings option into a regular court, where arguments are longer and possible settlements are unlimited. More importantly for the free and open source software community, the case now seems to hinge either on interpretations of the GPL or whether the GPL is valid under Israeli copyright law."

Torvalds an Anonymous Reader on Linux.com?

Posted Apr 4, 2007 4:01 UTC (Wed) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322) [Link] (8 responses)

Cute to see that one astute, if verbose, "Anonymous Reader" comment is signed "Linus". It prompted a revision of the article.

He's been "Anonymous" on Groklaw a few times, also

Posted Apr 4, 2007 5:34 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648) [Link] (4 responses)

Linus signed in as "Anonymous" a number of times during that nasty GPLv3 debate he had with PJ (and others) on Groklaw.net (here's an example thread). I think it's more about laziness at not wanting to sign in or create an account. I don't mean that as criticism; in fact, I just assume save the keystrokes myself given an opportunity to post my thoughts without having to go through the hassle.

At least he "signed" his name at the bottom of this posting (like he always does on the LKML).

He's been "Anonymous" on Groklaw a few times, also

Posted Apr 4, 2007 17:30 UTC (Wed) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767) [Link] (3 responses)

It doesn't happen often, but it is always a rare delight when Linus shows up on Groklaw. PJ is used to having people show up regularly to have dogma preached unto them. And it's hard for her to deliver a proper sermon when God himself shows up to say she's full of it. ;-)

It's always nice to see PJ's ego (second only to ESR's in this community, IMHO) deflated a bit.

He's been "Anonymous" on Groklaw a few times, also

Posted Apr 4, 2007 17:48 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] (2 responses)

I've seen Groklaw's debates and I can honestly see that I can not view Linux as God after that: both Linus and PJ were awful there.

On the other hand Linus itself never tried to occupy God's place (unlike RMS or PJ)...

He's been "Anonymous" on Groklaw a few times, also

Posted Apr 4, 2007 18:40 UTC (Wed) by sbergman27 (guest, #10767) [Link] (1 responses)

I should have clarified what I meant by that. By "God" I mean someone who's claim to fame is actually creating and licensing a lot of OSS code, and not just commenting on others that do.

I agree that Linus absolutely does not want the job of God. But when deep in the territory of the cult of PJ, and carrying an unpopular opinion, one ends up needing to shout pretty loudly to be heard.

I know because I've been there. PJ ended up accusing me of being on Novell's payroll as an astroturfer and her troops were eager to believe it.

That was when I decided that it really wasn't worth the bother to visit the site, and the Groklaw domains are in my adblock plus list now.

He's been "Anonymous" on Groklaw a few times, also

Posted Apr 5, 2007 1:30 UTC (Thu) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]

Why should Linus, a gifted engineer, gain any greater respect when speaking about copyright law? Would you take Linus' advice regarding heart surgery also?

Torvalds an Anonymous Reader on Linux.com?

Posted Apr 5, 2007 5:15 UTC (Thu) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link] (2 responses)

I love his refusal to accept the "you need another web account" disease.

If only this would gain some traction more broadly.

Bugmenot

Posted Apr 5, 2007 13:48 UTC (Thu) by ipes (guest, #43384) [Link] (1 responses)

Bugmenot has been around for years, used and loved by great many people. There's a Firefox extension too.

Bugmenot

Posted Apr 6, 2007 3:52 UTC (Fri) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

Bugmenot solves the dumb content provider problem. That is the content provider who wants you to make a completely pointless account that is just for data gathering.

Bugmenot doesn't solve the problem that every bugzilla wants me to create an an account just to send them a bug. Look bugzilla authors, it's likely this will be the ONLY bug I ever submit to the project. I want to *not* have an account. But but but the incorrect bugzilla authors say, we need a way to find out whe sent it and ask for more information. Oh, I say, you mean like an email address?