Installshield 6 (inter-proc) patches

[Patrik Stridvall]

> 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.