I think the lawsuit is a bunch of bull crap - AND does not merit its weight in the paper used to file.
The supreme court already ruled in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_v._Rural that it is actually illegal to "copyright" facts and data. Astrolab in this case is simply putting money behind making a point that they are frustrated because it took them a large amount of time and effort (perhaps) to get the information - HOWEVER the database itself - i think since it is simply factual data - may not hold up to its copyright. My larger concern however is - What happens if this is successful - PHP ships with the Olsen database after all. My question is - Where is the likes of RedHat and all these other groups including Canonical and Novell - Where is the FFE - why are they not standing up for what obviously will be a huge blow to the open source community. Worse yet - if the court finds that the lawsuit has merit - what happens to everything that has been coded to utilize the database ? Imagine if non of us have indemnification and since we have used the Olsen database are found guilty by association. All I know is - I think it is time to call for a Tango Down moment against Astrolabs - funny but never thought I would find myself voicing such a statement... On Oct 6, 2011, at 9:35 PM, James Gifford wrote: > Only though I have is "wow". > > > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I caught wind of this today via Identica: >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/4133 >> >> The discussion thread on Identica is here: >> http://identi.ca/conversation/84414961 >> >> Any thoughts out there? >> >> SMK >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp Glenn S. Kelley | President & CEO | Hop Off A Cloud Networks (O) 877-467-6832 | cell: 740-490-8668 | Skype: cloudhopping
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