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Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:25:54 +1030
From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
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Alan Cox wrote:
>> No.  Holders of Linux copyrights would have to prove that the
>> proprietary code is derived from the kernel.  They have the burden of
>> proof, and defence needs merely show that their arguments are wrong.
>>     
>
> Wrong again. In civil law in the USA and most of europe the test is
> "balance of probability".
>   


No, I'm right.  The word "proof" is appropriate in context.  (I write in
plain English, not Legalese.)  I certainly didn't intend "proof" to mean
"mathematically certain."  Anybody who pretends that proof in court
means that must be ignorant or trying to deceive.
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