On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 09:54:01PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 03:14:05PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > IME, often, lawyers go "this probably won't do anything, but it can't > > harm us, so meh, let's try and see what we can get from a judge if it > > ever comes to it". > > > > Or even "I've seen this in other licenses, can't hurt, let's copy". > > > > If a requirement like that gets thrown out in court, they haven't lost > > anything, but if it *doesn't* get thrown out, they have gained an > > advantage. > > Indeed, but Debian should not promote this.
I never said anything of the sorts, but you suggested that Intel lawyers "know exactly what advantage they can get" from doing something like this. I don't think that's actually true, which is why I sent the above. -- w@uter.{be,co.za} wouter@{grep.be,fosdem.org,debian.org} I will have a Tin-Actinium-Potassium mixture, thanks.