[OpenAFS] is YFS a "derived work"?
Brandon Allbery
allbery.b@gmail.com
Mon, 1 Oct 2012 14:17:18 -0400
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On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Ted Creedon <tcreedon@easystreet.net>
> wrote:
> > The IP (intellectual property) in YFS seems to be derived from AFS's IP.
> >
> > If that case can be made, IBM or any other entity could force YFS back
> into
> > the open source domain.
>
> I am confident that YFSi would have dotted and crossed the appropriate
> letters and worked with competent legal staff as part of their business
> plan (Jeff is a smart person, and he is also an ethical person).
>
...and has entrusted a significant amount of his own money to this being
correct, a potentially very expensive proposition.
> IP law is a minefield, and unless you are (or someone else on the
> list is) a lawyer willing to offer free legal advice on list, we should all
>
I'm not sure I'd trust such advice unless it were a generality...
> probably refrain from the armchair lawyering.
>
...like this one.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir=
=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"=
>gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef=
t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im">On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Ted Creedon <<a href=
=3D"mailto:tcreedon@easystreet.net">tcreedon@easystreet.net</a>> wrote:<=
br>
> The IP (intellectual property) in YFS seems to be derived from AFS'=
;s IP.<br>
><br>
> If that case can be made, IBM or any other entity could force YFS back=
into<br>
> the open source domain.<br>
<br>
</div>I am confident that YFSi would have dotted and crossed the appropriat=
e<br>
letters and worked with competent legal staff as part of their business<br>
plan (Jeff is a smart person, and he is also an ethical person).<br></block=
quote><div><br></div><div>...and has entrusted a significant amount of his =
own money to this being correct, a potentially very expensive proposition.<=
/div>
<div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">IP law is a minefield, and =
unless you are (or someone else on the<br>
list is) a lawyer willing to offer free legal advice on list, we should all=
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure I'd trust such ad=
vice unless it were a generality...</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">
probably refrain from the armchair lawyering.<br></blockquote><div><br></di=
v><div>...like this one.</div><div>=C2=A0</div></div>-- <br>brandon s allbe=
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