On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:12:15 +1000 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] > On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:16:45PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > According To Anthony Towns, I Am Always Wrong Because IANADD/IANAL [...] > Uh, guys, stop being insane. Politeness is always appreciated, thanks. [...] > 2) That you're not a lawyer or a DD means that you're not trained in > interpreting licenses, and that Debian's policies aren't based on your > opinion -- in both cases. That means that you're not in a position to > speak authoritively about most of the issues that come up on this > list, so when what you write is written in a way that people will > misinterpret as an authoritative answer, that's a problem, which is > only compounded if what you say is also incorrect. > > Licensing analysis requires an ability to understand subtleties of > language, and I wouldn't expect anyone who's competent at that to need > the above repeatedly explained. You are basically saying that: | It is my opinion that the MPL license fails to meet the DFSG. | This opinion seems to be shared by other debian-legal regulars accompanied by | Standardized disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. which mean * I Am Not A Lawyer * This Is Not Legal Advice * I Am Not A Debian Developer * This Is Not A Statement Of The Official Debian Position is something that is "written in a way that people will misinterpret as an authoritative answer". Frankly speaking, I cannot imagine what more I should have done to clarify things and avoid misinterpretations. Apart from *not speaking at all*, of course, which seems to be what you really want me to do... -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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