Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262430AbTGAPYM (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:24:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262489AbTGAPYM (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:24:12 -0400 Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com ([192.108.102.143]:24694 "EHLO smtp-send.myrealbox.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262430AbTGAPYJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:24:09 -0400 Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL From: "Trever L. Adams" To: jw schultz Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030701065652.GC27916@pegasys.ws> References: <1057038825.7180.8.camel@lenin.trudheim.org> <20030701065652.GC27916@pegasys.ws> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1057073903.3373.7.camel@aurora.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 01 Jul 2003 11:38:23 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 929 Lines: 22 > 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. I have been wondering when someone would actually bother to explain it in such detail. I don't know why I didn't bother to make that clear as part of some of the crap I said about NDAs myself... probably just lazy. Trever -- "We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!" -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) - 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/