On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 10:02:39AM -0800, Lawrence Rosen wrote: > Bruce Perens wrote: > > > About the worst thing engineers can do is attempt to make legal > > > determinations without proper counsel and the necessary training. > > > They invariably get it wrong and they can be made to look really > > > stupid in court by a competent expert witness. > > Chad Perrin responded: > > This could turn out to be a huge problem for any independent open > > source software developer who is not wealthy. The only really safe > > approach to open source software development, given the above, > > would be "Don't." > > Those are both silly conclusions. Quite frankly, I don't understand what > Chad and Bruce are arguing about.
My conclusion is specifically about Bruce's claim, and not necessarily a reflection of practical reality (thus the qualification "given the above"). -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
