On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 02:17:50AM +0100, Johan Wevers wrote: > Janusz A. Urbanowicz wrote: > > >Do you mean that if I did get some VC funding for design of open > >crypto smartcard targeted for OpenPGP use and then published it (as a > >part of the business plan) I would get sued? > > Then publish it anonymously. Most TV card hack software is also published > anonymously, and programs like dvdshrink (too bad it doesn't come with > sourcecode) and FairUse4WM too. No author known means noone to sue.
In the theoretical scenario I presented this is unfeasible. > >For exactly what? > > Companies don't need a valid legal reason to do that as long as they > think you can't afford the lawsuit for long. The scientology method > to use the legal system to sue someone into bancrupcy as default > strategy is something that almost all companies use against individuals. I know all that, but I hoped to learn what exactsly would likely be named the lawsuit in this case. But this is getting more and more OT. Alex -- JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: 0x46399138 od zwracania uwagi na detale są lekarze, adwokaci, programiści i zegarmistrze -- Czerski _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
