On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 09:53:36AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:00:24PM -0800, Baz wrote: > > > It's only going to take one over-zealous U.S. attorney, to get hold of > > > this > > > and run with it.
> > We're talking about a posting for a job in Switzerland. Don't be absurd. > That stopped being true the moment some of the more opiniated members > started making statements that were in no way restricted to that particular > job offer posting, and that, if taken by someone to be an endorsment of the > "real position of the Debian project, even if it is not officially written > anywhere", would cause trouble. No, it wouldn't. Please refrain from armchair-lawyering the legal systems of countries you don't appear to actually be familiar with. FFS, Debian deliberately ignores software patents even though we know a significant number of patent holders could *win* in a US court if they ever brought suit against us - but now people want to worry about whether or not Debian is seen as endorsing the *idea* of age discrimination for fear of lawsuits? (No, this is not an invitation to revisit Debian's policy on patents. Anybody who takes it as such will be summarily killfiled and/or flamed.) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
