Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266014AbTGAGml (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 02:42:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266015AbTGAGml (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 02:42:41 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:48654 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266014AbTGAGmj (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 02:42:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:56:52 -0700 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL Message-ID: <20030701065652.GC27916@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1057038825.7180.8.camel@lenin.trudheim.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1057038825.7180.8.camel@lenin.trudheim.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1702 Lines: 40 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:53:45AM +0100, Anders Karlsson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 21:48, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > The best solution is to forget what you see and know, is how the game is > > played. When things are sent to me outside of the scope of NDA's and they > > effect my contributions is where I can free move. > > > > Anything under NDA stays there regardless. > > Andre, > > I can see where you are coming from on this, but nevertheless, the NDA > is not enforcable if illegal activities are taking place. Ask your legal > council and they should be able to confirm this. If what you are fearing > is economical retaliation from the companies that made you sign an NDA > to ensure your silence, the legal system of US should protect you from > that. > > All I can say, if US law require you to cover up illegal/criminal > activity because you signed an NDA, get the f*ck out of US jurisdiction > as fast as you can. What Andre has neglected to state outright is that violating a licence AGREEMENT is not a crime. It does not fall under the jurisdiction of criminal law. It is a matter of contract law. If you contend copyright violation, then you may have a claim although that is largely handled as a tort under civil, not criminal, jurisprudence. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/