2009/3/2 Julian Wissmann <julianwissm...@gmail.com>: > Oh, that didn't go to the list, did it. > I should actually read where I send stuff to, well, anyway. > > Suse was bought by Novell a while back as you probably know, but as far as I > know the Suse team still is located in Nuernberg over here in Germany. > They're programmers/geeks whichever you prefer to call it, not lawyers. > So chances are they didn't know about this either when they started out, but > considering that Yast was closed source for a while they probably found out > soon. > > > Am 02.03.2009 um 09:28 schrieb Bernt Hansson: > >> Julian Wissmann skrev: >>> >>> An EULA actually in nearly all European Countries and probably most >>> other countries in the World is not binding. >> >> That's my point. An EULA is just, that. An EULA. >> >>> Even in the US it is not >>> quite clear if an EULA is a valid license agreement. >> >> Can't comment on that. >> >>> Also EULAs and >>> many Licenses actually only apply to US Law, so basically they're not >>> worth anything anywhere else. >> >> Yes. US law apply to us only. >> >>> You couldn't enforce a GPL in Germany or >>> some other european countries for example, because it is built atop >>> another legal system with different ideas of how things work. >> >> Interesting! Suse comes to mind, but is suse linux still based in germany? >> >>> Same >>> thing applies to EULAs. I read a very interesting article on German iX >>> magazine recently wich was covering this. Don't have access to it >>> right now though cause I'm on a trip home, so I can't really say much >>> more about it, but if you want specific details I can post them in a >>> bout a week. >> >> Take your time. This kind of discussion's come and go. >> >> >> >>> >>> Am 28.02.2009 um 22:29 schrieb Bernt Hansson: >>> >>>> Chris Rees skrev: >>>>> >>>>> 2009/2/28 Bernt Hansson <be...@bah.homeip.net>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Lord Blackadder skrev: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bernt Hansson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sean Cavanaugh skrev: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm sorry to disappoint you, Bernt, but under Swedish law any >>>>>>> kind of >>>>>>> agreement is legally binding. Even just a handshake. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. But clicking yes or no is not a handshake or oral agreement >>>>>> acording to Swedish law. >>>> >>>>> Again, back it up? You're just expecting us to believe your >>>>> interpretation of the law. >>>> >>>> Who's interpretation are you in comfort with? Your own? Sombody >>>> else, a >>>> lawyer? A pornstar? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org >>>> " >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Varning! E-post till och från Sverige, eller som passerar servrar i >> Sverige, avlyssnas av Försvarets Radioanstalt, FRA. >> >> WARNING! E-mail to and from Sweden, or via servers in Sweden, is >> monitored by the National Defence Radio Establishment. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
In all fairness, you are posting on a mailing list about software originating in the US, written in English, with the original post being a guy from India, and the disputed one being made from a guy in Spain. How is Swedish law relevant to this discussion, whether it says what you claim or not? Chris -- R< $&h ! > $- ! $+ $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > (sendmail.cf) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
