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Wilcox Jr. wrote: +><i> | >ands, or buts, about it. If the Mageia community chooses to opeate as a +</I>><i> | >criminal organization, I will have nothing to do with it. +</I>><i> | I don't agree on most of the above, and i believe the last sentence to be +</I>><i> | offensive, but i will not retaliate lest it becomes a flame war. +</I>><i> +</I>><i>I do not see how that statement is offensive. It is a simple statement of fact. +</I>I am not really sure about US laws, but in some country, like mine there +are two very distinct law body criminal law, and civil law. +So here the term "criminal organizations" leads to think of things +like mafia, large scale drug dealers, murderers etc. And i loathe to be +included in the same group. +><i>The variety of laws that exist is not the issue, the fact that they do exist +</I>><i>is, and this is why I think PLF is a good place for "questionable" software. +</I>It really is. As Romain pointed out the sum of every law in the world +might result in an empty environment. +(silly real world example) +In some countries it is illegal for women to wear a bourka in public +In some countries it is illegal for women _not_ to wear a bourka in +public. +Now how would you please both? besides my personal belief being women +should be allowed to wear anything they chose and not be judged for that +(and please if what i said is criminal, then call me that) + +><i>main Mageia distribution. I have no problem with such software being +</I>><i>distributed where it is legal. I simply want to make it easy for end users and +</I>><i>miror hosts to exclude this software where it is illegal. I will not enter +</I>This is the object, but it cannot be achieved 100%. +1) What about if a particulary restrictive country mandates that all +communication software shall contain a mean for the government to +eavesdrop such communication? shall we move ssl to plf? +2) Not infringing on any patent would require enormous effort, just to +list every possible patent, not to speak of analyzing every software to +ensure it does not do anything covered by a patent. + +><i>into the argument that it is not illegal untill the patent holder comes after +</I>><i>you. To my way of thinking, that feels very similar to saying that stealing is +</I>><i>not a crime untill you get caught. +</I>NO +First, single patents are not laws +Second, iirc your law requires patent holders to prove the validity of +their patent in trial. this is the exact opposite of catching a thief. +It is the patent holder that has to prove the property was his before +claiming damage. + +L. + +P.S. I do not like the word 'tainted' for this kind of repository +because it just encourages parallels with theft like Ernest is making +here. + +L. + +-- +Luca Berra -- <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">bluca at vodka.it</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001833.html">[Mageia-dev] maintainers database +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001837.html">[Mageia-dev] mageia sound tasks +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1824">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1824">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1824">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1824">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |