Damn, we've got different software here in the Canton of Lucerne. ;-) On 24.02.2004 16:22:07 Ceki G�lc� wrote: > > Living in Lausanne in the Canton of Vaud, I demand to be exempted from > paying taxes until they fix the problem. That is the least they could do. :-) > > At 03:21 PM 2/24/2004 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I found out that my county is publicly distributing tax software which > >includes ASF software (FOP, xalan, xerces, logj4) but without including > >the required license. See http://www.vaudtax.vd.ch/ (but it's all in > >french obviously). As it's tax time around here, they already have > >distributed many copies. > > > >I have contacted them informally about it and promptly got a call from the > >company who developed the software, the person with whom I talked says > >they recognize the problem and are willing to include the license in new > >releases of their software (notice in the about box + license.txt along > >the installed jar files). > > > >I cannot speak for the ASF on legal matters, but personally I don't think > >legal action is appropriate as they have immediately reacted in the right > >way, so in my view a "fair compensation" in terms of fixing the problem + > >public notices would be ok. > > > >In addition to fixing the problem in a new release of their software, my > >suggestion would be for them to include a visible notice on the main web > >page where the software is found, with a link to a page that explains the > >situation (and apologies to the ASF?). > > > >WDYT?
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