Actual legal training: thanks (was: Using NASA Imagery)

2009-01-18 Thread Ben Finney
Sean Kellogg skell...@gmail.com writes:

 Well, lucky for us, I happen to be a trained lawyer. Although, in
 the interest of full disclosure, I have not paid by bar dues and
 thus am not an actual factual lawyer, but I play one on the internet
 from time to time.

Have I said recently how grateful I am that you come here to share
your actual legal training with us? Well, regardless, I reiterate my
thanks. Legal training and passion for free software are all too
infrequently found in the same person.

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Re: Actual legal training: thanks (was: Using NASA Imagery)

2009-01-18 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 18 January 2009 10:00:01 pm Ben Finney wrote:
 Sean Kellogg skell...@gmail.com writes:
 
  Well, lucky for us, I happen to be a trained lawyer. Although, in
  the interest of full disclosure, I have not paid by bar dues and
  thus am not an actual factual lawyer, but I play one on the internet
  from time to time.
 
 Have I said recently how grateful I am that you come here to share
 your actual legal training with us? Well, regardless, I reiterate my
 thanks. Legal training and passion for free software are all too
 infrequently found in the same person.

Thanks. It's helpful that I don't actually practice, otherwise the firm I would 
be working for would likely never allow me to contribute here. But since I 
write software for a living, use Debian in my everyday life, and generally 
believe in the goals of the project, it's nice to be able to contribute from 
time to time... even if it means I don't always see eye to eye with 
debian-legal about the meaning of the DSFG :)

-Sean

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