Re: RES: What makes software copyrightable anyway?
On 5/19/05, Adam McKenna <adam@flounder.net> wrote:
> You have made a direct comparison between Debian making it easy for a user
> to build an OpenSSL-linked Quagga, and Napster's *flagrant* facilitation of
> copyright infringement.
Yes. Note that there was a senator who thought that the laws which had
passed should have made Napster immune to prosecution. So your
use of "flagrant" in quotes seems appropriate.
> You seem to be the only one who thinks that Debian is doing something
> illegal.
I'm probably the only one (at least among those posting) who is thinking
of distribution as a legal issue rather than a technical issue.
I will point out, however, that if no one prosecutes us, we don't have
to worry about the legality of this issue.
--
Raul
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