Re: Debian Free Software (FSF) or Open Source? (was Re; non-cd...)
Hi,
>>"Steve" == Steve Lamb <morpheus@calweb.com> writes:
Steve> On Sun, Jun 28, 1998 at 11:56:53AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
>> Frankly, we might be violating the law by placing kdebase binaries on
>> our ftp site.
Steve> Then do the right thing and ask Trolltech if they object and
Steve> ask for an aswer on the record. I'm willing to lay good money
Steve> down that they do not.
I am not sure that a stement by a troll tech employee would be
legally binding, especially if the GPL insists on the source gbeing
distributed under all circumstances, and Troll tech's licence places
legal restrictions on that. Personal interpretations of the licence
mean nothing; only legal interpretations (possibly in a court of law)
have meaning.
If the licence says you may not copy something, then that is a
legally binding statement,I think. However, I am not a lawyer. I just
would not like to make myself liable in a cse like this based on an
employee statement.
(Does the IRS not say that they are not bound by what IRS
staffers tell you on the phone?)
Even if the intent of Troll tech was something else, they
wrote the licence; and the licence is what we have to live with.
However, by all means go ahead and ask.
manoj
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