Matthew Garrett writes: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> An evil author (as copyright holder) despite his limited resources could >> cause >> lots of damage to a large company which has never violated his copyrights. >> >> This is even more scary. > > Someone of sufficient evilness can do that whether they're acting within > a license or not. They're already dishonest - who's going to stop them > lying about the license contents?
Nobody can or will *stop* someone else from lying. But the liar can face penalties from the legal system: sanctions; liability for malicious prosecution and/or perjury; for the lawyer, potential disbarment. These go away if the license explicitly permits one side to be evil in this way. Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
