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On 21:07 Wed 20 Aug , Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> Gentoo distributes ebuilds - which are not the property of Adobe and are |
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> not derivative works of any of Adobe's software. A user who executes an |
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> ebuild might obtain a copy of an Adobe product that Adobe distributes. A |
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> user who executes an ebuild might create a derivative work of an Adobe |
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> product, and users who use proprietary software are advised to consult |
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> with lawyers as appropriate if they are concerned about the terms of |
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> license agreements that they may or may not be parties to. |
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Have you heard of the term "contributory infringement"? It means you're |
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helping someone else break copyright law. |
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The recent JMRI decision showed that at least free-software licenses are |
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copyright licenses rather than contracts, and there's reasonable support |
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that other types of licenses are the same. That means if we're enabling |
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& encouraging our users to infringe copyrights or patents by providing |
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ebuilds that do so, we may be guilty of the same. |
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IANAL and all that. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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