Nicolas Alvarez writes: > MJ Ray wrote: >> I'm not convinced that there is consensus on choice-of-venue being >> acceptable. I suspect there's a mix of considering it acceptable, >> thinking we can fight it when needed and ignorance. > > This choice-of-venue discussion looks like it won't get consensus soon, and > it is getting us away from the original thread topic. > > How about we try this? Let's assume for a moment that choice-of-venue is > both acceptable and allowed by the DFSG. Then look at the *rest* of the > cal.h license terms instead of continuing the argument about this one.
Reserving the choice-of-venue issue for other discussion, this is near the start of the license (reflowed for ease of reading): In no event shall anyone redistributing or accessing or using this material commence or participate in any arbitration or legal action relating to this material against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or any copyright holders or contributors. The foregoing shall survive any expiration or termination of this license or any agreement or access or use related to this material. According to this, downloading and reading the file to evaluate whether it infringes copyright would render one unable to file suit if one decides that it does infringe copyright. If I recall correctly, similar anti-lawsuit provisions have been deemed DFSG-noncompliant in the past. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
