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To: rzeznikj at stout

pre-law, good, so you can donate all your time to defending the mass open source lawsuits on the horizon.


92 posted on 06/01/2006 9:21:03 AM PDT by Golden Eagle (Buy American. While you still can.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Here's the funny thing. Thus far, there has been no cases in the American legal system. There is no precedent or case law applicable here--so you can't say that there are going to be successful lawsuits.

Companies can try, but until there is some precedent, neither you nor I are in any position to state what's going to happen. Unless of course you're an understudy of Miss Cleo...

From what I can see, the biggest thing is whether OSS licenses are going to be viewed as being under contract law or copyright law, and whether other acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley are going to have an impact.


93 posted on 06/01/2006 9:31:50 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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To: Golden Eagle

Or if he wants the big bucks he can fall in love with a pump and dump stock scam the next time a sco comes up...


98 posted on 06/01/2006 11:30:57 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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