Inappropriate postings from non-lawyers

2004-02-13 Thread Alex Rousskov
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Richard Schilling wrote: I post my response because so many times on this list people try to play armchair lawyer and pick apart a license. It's not appropriate Richard, Could you please point me to this list charter or guidelines? You seem to imply that only

Re: Inappropriate postings from non-lawyers

2004-02-13 Thread Richard Schilling
On 2004.02.13 08:35 Alex Rousskov wrote: On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Richard Schilling wrote: I post my response because so many times on this list people try to play armchair lawyer and pick apart a license. It's not appropriate Richard, Could you please point me to this list charter or

Re: Inappropriate postings from non-lawyers

2004-02-13 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Ian Lance Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The arguments that the GPL is invalid are totally bogus. I need to qualify that by saying that I'm referring to the arguments which have appeared recently on the license-discuss list. There are other theories that the GPL, while valid, does not have

Re: Inappropriate postings from non-lawyers

2004-02-13 Thread jcowan
Richard Schilling scripsit: Look, folks the entire purpose of a license of any kind is to have something to present to a judge in case something goes wrong, and to clarify what rights are transferred to the end user. The true test of a license (for open source work in a business) is what

Re: Inappropriate postings from non-lawyers

2004-02-13 Thread Alex Rousskov
Look, folks the entire purpose of a license of any kind is to have something to present to a judge in case something goes wrong, and to clarify what rights are transferred to the end user. ... and since the user is often not a lawyer, those who write licenses should try to strike a balance