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On 09/20/2010 12:09 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:<br>
...trimmed<br>
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<pre wrap="">That's exactly the problem, no one had the business motivation to
really try to solve how to really deal with regulatory considerations
with FOSS, and average developers simply wanted a solution. Its easier
said than done. If you deal with regulatory considerations as a
community effort then a path becomes clearer as to how to deal with
these issues. The reason why current legislation doesn't seem to make
sense is because it does not, but just because a law doesn't make
sense it does not enable vendors to ignore it. So the best you can do
in the meantime is really be proactive by working on real technical
solutions.
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It is not up to us to "...deal with regulatory considerations..."<br>
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The "best we can do" is code, and that's what coders do. The lawyers
can do what lawyers do.*<br>
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<pre wrap="">We are not dealing with legal issues on Linux, we are dealing with
engineering solutions, and trust me, we're light years ahead of other
OSes because of this now.
Luis
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Light year is a measure of distance. You mean "years"... and we're
ahead of others because<br>
we're not wasting our time on legal crap.<br>
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Let the lawyers do that.<br>
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E<br>
* Disclosures: I am not a lawyer. I haven't coded in months. I used to
do VMS kernel code.<br>
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