Re: The purpose of debian-legal

2004-04-23 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Sam Hartman wrote: MJ == MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MJ I will not reply to your grandstanding about our needs, other MJ than to note that the default for unlicensed software is MJ roughly all rights reserved, so we must get clear MJ permissions. We are not a court.

Re: The purpose of debian-legal

2004-04-23 Thread Florian Weimer
Sam Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) Minimizing the probability that Debian, that or contributers to Debian will be involved in legal action arising from Debian's distribution or modification of software. I don't think this is among the goals of debian-legal. Can you remember discussions

Re: The purpose of debian-legal

2004-04-23 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-04-23 19:24:49 +0100 Sam Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are not a court. We do not pursue licensing rigorously enough that we are sure that everything we do will stand up in court. No, we are not a court, so should avoid relying on things which look like they are a court case