On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 02:46:16PM -0400, Andrea Glorioso wrote: > That would solve the "chinese dissident" problem, at least (not sure > how relevant the "desert island test", because I agree with something > someone said here, that in some countries, Italy for example, you > can't be punished if you obviously couldn't do something law > "normally" enforces you to do). I have a hard time believing that this really provides any protection in the case where you *choose* to modify the source code without first verifying that you are able to comply with the terms of the license. This is akin to saying "the license said, get permission from the author before modifying; I couldn't get permission from the author (he didn't return my phone calls); so I modified it anyway." -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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