On 01/09/2009 Joerg Schilling wrote: Hi,
> It does not make sense to inform you about these details. It is a pity you see it like that, see below. > The people who are responsible for the violations and the redistributors are > informed, they know that they are in conflit GPL and and that > cdrkit cannot be legally distributed. Well, if the software is distributed by Debian and if the developers of that package are ignoring a violation of GPL and / or laws about intellectual property, then it is a serious case that affects all Debian users. I am willing to use the (little) weight I have to stop such a violation. But before I start a lobby to stop the involvement of Debian with such a software, I would like to be able to judge myself the validity of your claim. So I ask you to make the details of your claim public. I can read / speak German and don't mind to dive into German laws on intellectual property. > I try to avoid suing people but I am not willing to tolerate violations > forever. > The related people need to understand that they need to follow the lawful > rules. > If they don't, they will be sued at some time.... You are right that it is the best to avoid suing people. Fortunately there is a whole world between tolerating violations and suing. Mobilize people to support your case. And that can in this situation easyly be achieved by giving all legal details, so people can see your claim is justified. With enough people supporting you (inside and outside the Debian project), you don't have to tolerate violations and you don't have to sue anybody. So please give us a chance to judge your claims ourselves, you can win a lot by doing so. Best wishes, Winfried Tilanus -- http://www.tilanus.com xmpp:winfr...@jabber.xs4all.nl tel. 015-3613996 / 06-23303960 fax. 015-3614406 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
