On Friday, 18 August 2017 4:30:05 AM AEST Rick Moen via luv-main wrote: > Quoting [email protected] ([email protected]): > > Oracle has not chosen to persue any action against Canonical. > > More to the point, so far, so have the Linux kernel coders. But the > copyright violation is real, and Canonical risk either set of > stakeholders filing and getting them severely sanctioned and that > practice terminated at any time.
What rights do the Linux kernel coders have in this regard? > > In any case it's not a problem for people who use Ubuntu. > > I personally don't like dealing with companies that indulge shady > business practices that violate the ethics of the open source community, > and this isn't the first time Canonical have done so. Moreover, I > personally eschew dealings with firms inclined to make potentially fatal > legal mistakes. > > As to customer legal liability, probably as you say, but I wouldn't rule > that out. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/contributory_infringement If you knowingly infringe then that's the case. If you believe that Canonical and Oracle have sorted things out then you are clear. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
