On Sunday 01 March 2009 18:31:36 Joerg Schilling wrote: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-February/000413.h > >tml > > I prefer to listen to credible statements..... > > The only true claim in the quoted text is that Mark Shuttleworth did stop > his attempt to switch to cdrtools - I am sorry to see his change in > supporting OpenSource > > His change in mind was based on intentionally wrong and self contradicting > statements made by Eben Moglen. > > I have a private mail exchange with Eben Moglen where Moglen explains why > there is no problem with the specific GPL CDDL combination that is used in > mkisofs. These statements from Eben Moglen (made to me in private) are not > self contradicting and thus more credible (*). Given the fact that the Sun > legal department also made a full in depth legal review for cdrtools and > did not find and problem, I am still waiting for a fact based proof for the > so-called problem.
Are you stating that the statements of the vice president of marketing for Sun's operating platforms group were not credible? http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050205022937327 Note, this is a public statement, not a mystic private mail exchange. > *) He even concurs with me that the claims about CDDL GPL compatibility > made on the web pages from the FSF are wrong. You should explain in full depth to FSF and SMI their own creations. > Let me conclude: the claim that there is a license problem in the original > cdrtools is nothing but libel. Yes, the Sunshine is also a libel, while the Sunset is not. Makes sense? -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
