On Fri, 02 Feb 2007, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > If upstream sued Debian for violating their license for this reason, > wouldn't the onus of proof then be upon upstream to prove that they > were lying about what was their preferred form of modification? > Given that, I'm not sure a judge would be very sympathetic to > upstream's case ;-)
Yeah, in the case where there's a single copyright holder, it's a pretty useless tactic. The problem only really comes into play when there are multiple copyright holders. [Of course, that's the state of a lot of works in Debian, but possibly not the one that originally started this thread.] Don Armstrong -- I leave the show floor, but not before a pack of caffeinated Jolt gum is thrust at me by a hyperactive girl screaming, "Chew more! Do more!" The American will to consume more and produce more personified in a stick of gum. I grab it. -- Chad Dickerson http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]