* Matthew Garrett: > On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:47:03PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Matthew Garrett: >> > How is one of these free and the other non-free? >> >> In the end, you have to take upstream intent into account. We already >> do this when interpreting licenses (at least in one direction), so I >> don't think this makes things worse. > > What difference does upstream intent make to the freedoms that our users > receive?
If upstreams sues you, the freedoms granted by the license texts don't matter much. A court case is a great inconvenience, even if the defendant wins in the end. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
