Re: 2 fork or ~2 fork

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 09/26/2014 07:51 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/26/2014 6:21 PM, John Hasler wrote:
> > Ric Moore writes:
> > > Plunk down your money to sue a "club" that you volunteered to join.
> >
> > He isn't a member of the club: he is not a Debian Developer.  He's some
> > guy who accepted a gift from the club and is now accusing them of fraud
> > and threatening to sue because the next gift they offer him may not be
> > to his liking.
> >
> > He's just a loon.  Killfile him and move on.
>
> Actually, he might have a case here - at least in the United States.
> The Debian contract lays out some promises; as a user, if he could prove
> those promises were abridged, he could get a judgement against Debian
> and/or the individual developers.
>
> Whether he could win or not is, of course, up to the courts.

Whether he could win or not depends on if he's willing to shell out his 
own money to find out. I hope he tries, as the experience with the 
judicial system will prove to be ~highly~ educational. Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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