Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:34:14 +0400
Message-ID: <87ispr7xwp.wl%deepfire@ibe.miee.ru>
From: Samium Gromoff <deepfire@ibe.miee.ru>
To: kilobug@freesurf.fr
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Switching to the OSL License, in a dual way.
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> And MS  Word allows to  export data in  plain text or html.   But it's
> still allowed to  reverse MS Word to make  a .doc import/export plugin
> for OpenOffice or Abiword.
>
> This is  exactly the  same. As  long as there  is a  data format  or a
> protocol involved,  European laws allow users to  reverse engineer it,
> to  be  able to  create  another program  using  the  same format  and
> protocols.

 Please stop pissing off Larry and spread FUD.

 Go help Tom Lord to write arch instead.

cheers, Samium Gromoff
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