I see your point...

Post #30,458 by bepatient 3/2/02 10:25:07 AM Reply	I see your point... ...but I don't see the same conclusion. She pretty much told Postgres they would lose in her Court. She told both parties to come to an agreement. She could very well have NOT wanted to be the first judge to rule on a GPL case. Problem is, the GPL needs a case like this to prove itself. I understand the desire to have her rule swiftly and strongly in favor of MySQL by forcing Progress stop immediately. ..but once she does that this case is in the Courts for good. No chance for the 2 parties to settle this themselves, which was her stated intention in the first place. She could be a moron...and probably is...but she's trying to force a settlement and this is really the only way to do that. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #30,486 by CRConrad 3/2/02 6:47:43 PM Reply	The case is there, she's a judge - WTF is she waiting for?!? Who cares if she "doesn't want to" be the first judge to rule on a GPL case? When anti-murder laws were invented, would it have been OK for judges to try to shirk judging on those, just so they weren't the first to judge one...? Yeah, once she does that this case is in the Courts for good. What's wrong with that? Isn't that where it fucking well belongs?!? Actually, one would have thought some unknown little judge would jump at the chance to get her name in the books as a vital precedent; and especially so when it's as simple and obvious a case as this. Also, who the fuck does she think she is, putting her "intention" of having the parties settle it between themselves, above her duty to uphold the law, which Progress is at the moment breaking? (AFAICS, a criminal violation of copyright law) Isn't that the fucking JOB SHE GETS PAID TO DO?!? What she's saying, according to your reading of her intentions, is essentially: "Yeah yeah, mr Assfuck might be breaking his contract with mr Buttfuck by having murdered mrs Buttfuck... But can't they just settle this peacefully between themselves?" -- What the fucking FUCK?!? Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #30,494 by bepatient 3/2/02 7:45:42 PM Reply	That was almost a record ;) Dude...I get yer point. I'm guessing her intentions...I don't know them. But this sort of thing happens all the time. The paperwork is gone through...briefs are submitted...one side asks for a preliminary ruling...the Judge reads through everything and basically says "Try and work this out amongst yourselves" The only reason anyone here is getting worked up about it is because this case is about the GPL...essentially a contract between 2 parties...and contract disputes are more often settled out of Court than in...many times at the prodding of a Judge. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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