On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:01:35 +0800 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yeah, but it even funnier/sadder than that.... > > On the eve of the last presidential election the incumbent, President > Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was the target of an attempted assassination. > The opposition claimed that it was a staged event to garner sympathy for > Chen as he was lagging in the polls. They demanded an independent > inquiry and requested the assistance of the well know forensic > specialist Dr. Henry Lee. Dr. Lee, being a member of the KMT (the > opposition) arrived in Taiwan from LA and performed his work. > > His findings? The attempted assassination was not staged. And, you > guessed it, the opposition rejected his results. The reasons varied and > included the charge by some that Dr. Lee was bought out by the DPP. Heh. > Right, you "might" get around to reading it. But, it seems you have > already decided what you will get from it. The conclusions were not > legal based conclusions. Well what I objected to was a homework assignment from someone who is so obviously misinformed that I had to correct him on the basics of copyright law and how it applies to the GPL. I've since read the webpage and have learned that had Les read that page himself BEFORE he started all this bullshit he would have already known the some of the things I had to explain to him. So he was running around looking for websites that supported his craziness that he hadn't at that point read (or at least understood) himself. In my reading of that site I did learn a thing or two, but nothing ground breaking or anything that changes the arguments i've put forth to date. On top of which, and here's something I wonder if Les noticed from that site: "This website is provided to the general public for informational purposes only. The information provided is not legal advice." > And I would say it gives hope to the future of collaboration and mutual > respect from both sides regardless of your persuasion. It's very easy to respect and work with people who are open minded. For instance I have absolutely no problem with BSD/MIT/ or even proprietary licenses. In fact in my day job I depend on them. So it's not a question of picking one or the other, it's respecting their differences. I'm quite able to do that, unfortunately to date Les has shown that he can not. Cheers, Sean
