On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 09:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 08:47:35AM -0800, Brian Beattie wrote: > > > If I lie about where the code came from none of the matters. If it come > > to a court case, I can show up in person with an abritrary message that > > only the holder of my private key could have had. As long as you accept > > code based solely on that key, that is would be as strong a proof you > > will ever get. > > This isn't about you proving you are the person behind an email address > to _me_. I don't care. > > This is about the courts, and I don't think they will accept any kind > of scheme about "only I can have this" type stuff. They want to know > "who you are" so they can file their paperwork and check you don't have > a history of copyright breach and so on. > > Its pointless arguing about whether I should care. I don't. > > I do not care who you are. > > Clear?
I disagree with your legal analysis, since you are accepting code based on the key, you are baseing your proof on the key, if I can prove that O hold the key, does it matter wherather I do it before or after. If I have to prove I owned the code, I'll have to show my face so I so no issue. Are you a lawyer? I'm not. -- Brian Beattie LFS12947 | "Honor isn't about making the right choices. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | It's about dealing with the consequences." www.beattie-home.net | -- Midori Koto -- [email protected] mailing list
