On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >> Wouldn't it be great if programmers could just focus on writing >> code rather than having to worry about getting sued over whether >> someone else is able or not to make a derivative program from their >> code? > > Yep, but in THIS world it *is* an important consideration.
Definitely. Copyrights and licenses should always be observed and respected. In today's "MP3" generation where copyright has been reduced by pimply-faced teenagers to less value than toilet paper, many people have taken up a habit of not respecting anyone's copyrights or licenses. Meanwhile, the legal system still supports copyrights and violating products may be shut down overnight due to court order. If a copyright or license violation is suspected, then the copyright holder should be contacted since the copyright holder is the only one with the legal right to persue violators. There is little value to "guilty until proven innocent" attacks on mailing lists. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
