Re: linking to GPL'd libraries WAS Re: One unclear point in the Vim license
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb@becket.net>
To: <lloyder@canada.com>
Cc: <debian-legal@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: linking to GPL'd libraries WAS Re: One unclear point in the Vim license
> lloyder@canada.com writes:
>
> > My readings suggest that this may be known issue that
> > is not well addressed. I am hoping that it is well
> > addressed or really is a non-issue as you suggest.
>
> It's really very tedious, you know, to think that you help things by
> dredging up well-settled discussions, and then saying that anyone who
> doesn't decide that your "issues" are real ones.
I do not understand your statements.
>
> You don't understand the situation; the purpose of debian-legal is not
> to entertain long drawn out discussion to satisfy all comers about
> what the actual state of the law is.
>
> I'm happy to explain the situation to you, but so far, you've just
> said "I read a lot of stuff and I'm totally confused and maybe the
> people who know better than I are totally ignorant about it."
I am sorry that I upset you. I am not saying that I am
totally confused, nor that I read the right stuff. It
is interesting that you claim that I think that "you"
know better than me, and even more interesting that you
claim that I think that you are ignorant. If there is
a more appropriate forum to learn the legal significance
of debian development and whether it is something that I
can believe in and share with others, I am very
interested in finding out.
You are a sham when you say that you would be happy to
explain it, when you have not, nor have you directed me
to where I can. All the information that you have
provided just adds to my "noise".
>
> You worry that it may not be "well addressed". I can assure you, it
> is. But more than that, debian-legal is not the place for addressing
> it.
Now, I am really confused as I believe that it is
related to the reason why the ?majority? believe that
vim cannot be packaged in debian.
Law has to be knowable,
Lloyd
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