Re: Debian i386 freeze
On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 04:33:45PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"David" == David Welton <davidw@gate.cks.com> writes:
...
> Hmm. I stand corrected. If you truly want to get to the bottom
> of things, however, I don't know if it possible, and indeed, is not
> practical. We would need to hire professionals, which takes money,
> unless we are luck enough to get people to work pro bono on this.
Well, for just one opinion on the one specific issue.. How about the
FSF's lawyer. I would guess that RMS has asked him about this issue,
unless he is already sure of it.
> And then we have to do thie in every country where We could
> get sued from.
A lawyer knowledgable about the issues at hand could probably tell us
about the tradeoffs involved.
> And then, that may not mean much since Brian brought up
> enforceability. You see, merely a lawyers opinion may not be enough,
> for the licences may not have been challenged on court.
A good lawyer would, I would think, be able to tell you "hmm the
courts are going to, with %100 certainty, act this way" or "well, this
issue is still up in the air as far as legal precedent is concerned".
Anyway, I think that the only "practical" thing that I could really
draw from this is the idea of asking RMS what he has learned from his
lawyer, if indeed they have spoken. I guess I could write him, but I
think there are others who are possibly acquainted with him who might
be better able to communicate our wishes.
Ciao,
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David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw
Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org
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