On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Patrik Stridvall wrote:
There are many thing that are important in the world not just one, so it was just a reaction of your persistance that the spirit of something is the only thing that matters.
I focused on the spirit to put some sense in the discussion, go get to the point where we agree to disagree, but you don't seem to want that.
In computers we have interfaces and implementations. It's healthy to separate the two.
Yes, but this doesn't mean that this is always possible.
In our case, the interface is the spirit of the LGPL, while the implementation is the LGPL itself.
If there are 'Gapping Holes' anywhere, they are in your arguments. You say you agree with the interface, but you disagree violently with the implementation. On the other hand, when I ask you for a different implementation, you can't it can not be done.
I say that it can't be done without having a copyright law that will be unacceptable in other ways.
Patrik, you can not agree with an unimplementable interface, for crying out loud!!! You have to make up your mind and choose!
I would very much like to have "Peace on earth", but I don't think it every will be "Peace on earth". You can call that illogical if you wish. It is up to you.
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Patrik Stridvall