[OpenAFS] is YFS a "derived work"?

Brandon Allbery allbery.b@gmail.com
Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:08:49 -0400


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On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer@hozed.org> wrote:

> My opinion is anyone filing suit against a 'derivative work' of AFS would
> pretty much guarantee the end of the company filing suite. It might be
>

Pretty optimistic, there; what are your legal credentials?

If you don't have any, your opinion is somewhere between meaningless and
actively dangerous; the latter, if someone were to try to rely on it.

Free speech doesn't apply to this.  The only thing that matters if it comes
to such a lawsuit is money; you going to put up?

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brandon s allbery                                      allbery.b@gmail.com
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