On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Ted Creedon <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > The IP (intellectual property) in YFS seems to be derived from AFS's IP.
> >
> > If that case can be made, IBM or any other entity could force YFS back
> into
> > the open source domain.
>
> I am confident that YFSi would have dotted and crossed the appropriate
> letters and worked with competent legal staff as part of their business
> plan (Jeff is a smart person, and he is also an ethical person).
>

...and has entrusted a significant amount of his own money to this being
correct, a potentially very expensive proposition.


> IP law is a minefield, and unless you are (or someone else on the
> list is) a lawyer willing to offer free legal advice on list, we should all
>

I'm not sure I'd trust such advice unless it were a generality...


> probably refrain from the armchair lawyering.
>

...like this one.

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