Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-17 Thread John Galt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17 Jun 2002, Henning Makholm wrote: >Scripsit John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> True enough, but what if they were legally binding electronic signatures? >> Let someone try to attach a signature where it wasn't supposed to be and >> watch them

Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-17 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > True enough, but what if they were legally binding electronic signatures? > Let someone try to attach a signature where it wasn't supposed to be and > watch them go to jail PDQ No, the point about electronic signatures is that the only one who *can*

Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-16 Thread John Galt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: >On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 05:51:23PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: >> Wouldn't the endorsements issue be best resolved by licensing the >> endorsements separately from the rest of the document? > >Names are n

Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 05:51:23PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > Wouldn't the endorsements issue be best resolved by licensing the > endorsements separately from the rest of the document? Names are not subject to copyright protection, and not everyone has the money or inclination to trademark his