2011/6/8 Hoyt Duff <[email protected]>: > On 6/7/11, Michael Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> They can blame Mageia as much as they want, that will not change the >> international copyright treaties. >> >> >>> The question is how will Mageia balance the need for "just works" with >>> the desire to honor copyrights and engage only in legal software >>> distribution? This is made more complex because those rights and >>> copyright laws are not equal everywhere in the world. >> >> So if the question is : >> "will mageia do something clearly illegal in France to please users", I >> think that I can safely answer "no". >> >> But if you are not satisfied with the answer and my reasoning, feel free >> to ask to the council or the board for a precision. Or ask to a lawyer. >> >> Even Canonical did clean the firmware package, as you can see if you >> follow the url given by the blog post I mentioned. >> > > > You miss my point. > > We are in agreement as to the legality and what should be done with > the software. I'm not asking Mageia to do anything illegal. > > You imply that you don't care if customers wrongly blame Mageia. That > seems to be a counterproductive attitude about customer service and > the success of Mageia. Certainly that can't be true?
Well, if I understand these 2 paragraphs you agree to the legal stuff and you do not ask Mageia to do anything illegal, at the same time you say that this is a counterproductive attitude. Obviously I'm missing your point as well. -- wobo
