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On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 08:17:43PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> Bottom line is that I'd especially encourage anybody who is in a role |
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> like an officer/trustee to just be careful about the language we use. |
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> Sometimes I've seen in private conversation statements like "we're |
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> technically violating the law" and such - I understand the spirit (we |
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> DO want to follow the law), but statements like this said with the |
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> best of intentions can end up being used against us. We can just as |
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> seriously consider the matter while saying things like "it is possible |
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> that a court might think that this is in violation of the law" and |
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> being clear that our speculation/opinion is just that. |
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Thanks for the reminder. |
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As one of the people on the licenses@ alias that often gives advice and |
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helps make decisions, I try to always include IANAL, but this should go |
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doubly for any postings we make to the list. |
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Of course, if somebody on the list DOES happen to be a lawyer, then |
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they don't need to use IANAL, and we have had developers in the past |
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that were actually lawyers. |
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If there are more lawyers lurking on this list, and are interested in |
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licensing issues [1], I encourage you to join the list and help us work |
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on issues as they are raised. |
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[1] I do fully understand that you might want to get away from "work", |
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and just be coding instead of doing anything like your dayjob. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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