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Because +</I>>><i> we can speak of "we have no problem", we will have nothing what ever we do, +</I>>><i> because we are likely not liable. Anne and mirrors owners are. So their +</I>>><i> words is what does count. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So is Mageia a community project or not ? +</I> +Yes and? That doesn't prevent that there is an association that will +own trademark, servers, manage money, etc. and that is a legal +construction that may be liable, in France or in regard to +international laws. + +><i> Then when we will talk about Marketing stuff we will follow only marketing +</I>><i> group opinions ? +</I> +Who talks about marketing here? Please stay on topic. Misc is talking +about official representatives, board members liability - not only in +France, but abroad. We're not in Merovingian times where one was +judged according to his original land's law. + +><i> Of course their views count, but there is a difference between the +</I>><i> responsability of Mageia association that must comply with French Laws +</I> +Sure but we can't just say that. See below. + +><i> I do quite accept that Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian comply with US Law since there +</I>><i> are located in the USA, thus accepting their policy about software patents. I +</I>><i> would like that the same occurs for Mageia that is located in France. +</I> +As misc said, there is no guarantee, neither definitive rule that the +build system (or parts of it) would be only located in France. There +is no guarantee that board members will always be in France. There is +no guarantee that we won't setup affiliate not-for-profit orgs abroad. +Etc. + +We're going to distribute software all around the world in several +ways, potentially, so we must think global here, and not only local. + +If we were to follow the "let's only check local law", believe me, we +wouldn't have located the association in France. There are other +places far more interesting in this regard. + +So the question is not "where is it allowed?" and "is it allowed where +we build it?" but: + - what do we _want_ to have in software repositories and _why_? + - what are legal constraints that we must deal with +(building/packaging/distributing/using), and how? + - how can we make this a predictable process for future situations? + + +Romain +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001214.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001216.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1215">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1215">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1215">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1215">[ 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> |