Russell Nelson scripsit: > Let me analogize: Let's say that I'm pointing a gun at you. Are you > at any more disk if I let you know it's pointed at you? What if I > tell you the conditions under which I will pull the trigger?
If you bind yourself by contract NEVER to pull the trigger, I feel reasonably safe -- not totally safe, of course, but reasonably. That is what the CPL does. > > Criterion 8 (License Must Not Be Specific To A Product) is violated, > > in substance if not to the letter; this license is in effect specific > > to Linux. > > On the other hand, if they left that patent license off, we would > certify it. Sure. But the patent license is restrictive, so you shouldn't certify. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
