Darren> Right, I'm not a lawyer but I didn't claim I was authoritative it is Darren> just my opinion!
Cool; thanks for clarifying. Darren> The problem with seeking a legal opinion is that it will only be Darren> valid for the law that the lawyer you ask understands and represents, Darren> it won't be valid worldwide. True. Darren> Why are we so concerned about this issue yet we don't seem to be Darren> concerned about plugging in a random cable ? Because physical access is required to plug in a cable, whereas it is not required for wireless. Darren> If we are concerned about the legal aspect of this then it would Darren> probably do us good to do what everyone else does rather than being Darren> different. If we are different and some how do get the user into Darren> trouble the user could blame us. I already conceded that the above was a reasonable point of view. Darren> IMO it is a very sad day that we have to have a discussion about Darren> legal issues when considering network connectivity and defaults :-( Yes, I agree it is sad, but we work for a big company with billions of dollars in the bank (or wherever it is kept :-) and adding a feature to a product which could get us sued would be a Bad Thing IMO. -- John http://blogs.sun.com/jbeck
