On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 03:51:00PM -0400, J Aaron Farr wrote: > > From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What do I know, but I thought this is a pretty nice recap of the SCO > > issue: > > > > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=175171 > > Very nice. > > If you didn't take the chance to read all of it, at least read the last > section: > > http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=175171&seqNum=7 > > "A person can commit copyright infringement even without knowing that the > work was subject to copyright, so even unintentional infringers don't get > a free pass under copyright law. Thus, the open source community's success > requires that every contributor understand copyright law and provide only > non-infringing code. A single bad apple can spoil the barrel." > > A nice reminder about keeping our own ASF code repository clean and clear.
While we *definitely* want to keep our repository clean and clear, at least one of the people commenting on the article contested the claim above; search for this section: "running a program that you legally purchased or downloaded is a legal fair use of that program, even if the one providing it to you has violated copyright laws. If a programmer misappropriates copyrighted code, or a distributor distributes copyrighted code without permission, only they are responsible." They go on later to spell out additional restrictions on this. Usual disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, so don't take this as legal advice from me. --Tim Larson --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
