On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:24:21AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 05:34:41AM -0700, Joe Moore wrote: > > Branden Robinson wrote: > > > As I said in my mail to <mgr@x-oz.com>: > > > > > > > 4. Except as contained in this notice, the name of X-Oz > > > > Technologies > > > > shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote > > > > the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without > > > > prior written authorization from X-Oz Technologies. > > > > The cynic in me really wants to ask: > > "Is this message in violation of the copyright license?" > > > > I mean, Branden is clearly having some dealing with [this] Software, and he > > has invoked the name of x-oz (in the email address). > > > > Branden, did you have prior written authorization? > > It doesn't matter. Branden isn't copying, modifying, > distributing or publically performing any Work covered under this > license. But if I were, even outside the context of that mail message, would my execution of the rights granted to me under the X-Oz license "reach across" and affect my contributions to the debian-legal mailing list? We don't have an answer to that, and the answer goes to the heart of what DFSG 9 is all about. -- G. Branden Robinson | For every credibility gap, there is Debian GNU/Linux | a gullibility fill. branden@debian.org | -- Richard Clopton http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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