Re: The Gordian Knot (was Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)
> By making it very easy for a user who doesn't have rights to a package
> to use such software without informed consent about those rights, we're
> technically guilty of contributory infringement.
>
> No one has complained to us about this yet, but that doesn't make it
> right.
There was actually an Ask Slashdot question posted a few days ago on
this very subject.
Most of the responses (when I looked) were along the lines of "There's
*this* free software that does the same thing." Few actually addressed
the licensing issue. There is probably some relevant discussion
there, though.
Greg
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