Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:05:37AM -0800, David N. Welton wrote:
> Andreas Schuldei <andreas@schuldei.org> writes:
> > debian legal has the experts, they should know and feel responsible
> > and decide
> 
> Since when are they 'experts'?  Frankly, I want to see some law
> degrees, or the equivalent work experience in the legal field, before
> I start listening to most of those people.

I have an almost opposite opinion: if a license cannot be understood
without paid legal advice, then it is not Free.  There's no point in
software licenses that cannot be understood and applied by programmers.

Richard Braakman