> And, as I've taken the time to explain to you, lacking any clear > statement, written at the exact same time as the license, a statement of > intent or spirit cannot have any real legal weight when the text of a > license is finally decided upon.
Fortunately the Law recognizes humans are not computers, natural langage is not unambiguous binary code, so statements of intent *have* legal value when a legal text is open to interpretations. That's why ten-line law paragraphs are published with the hundreds of pages of parliamentary discussions on them, which the judge will consider if there's any doubt in his mind. -- Nicolas Mailhot - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/