[OpenAFS] is YFS a "derived work" -- raise funds for legal opinion
Brandon Allbery
allbery.b@gmail.com
Tue, 2 Oct 2012 22:12:26 -0400
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On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer@hozed.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 09:08:49PM -0400, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> > 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.
>
> You're right. It is actively dangerous for pretty much any of us on this
> list to start speculating about theoretically possible lawsuits.
>
> I'd like to put my money where my mouth is and put in $50 to retain the
> FSF council Eben Moglen to answer this question with real legal advice.
>
Honestly? This is almost useless; such things are decided and become
precedent only as part of active litigation. Otherwise, what you get will
be an informed opinion, but still an opinion and of no real significance
were it to come to an actual legal challenge.
--
brandon s allbery allbery.b@gmail.com
wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <span di=
r=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:hozer@hozed.org" target=3D"_blank">hozer@ho=
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 09:08:49PM -0400, Brandon Allbery wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Troy Benjegerdes <<a href=3D"mailto=
:hozer@hozed.org">hozer@hozed.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > My opinion is=
anyone filing suit against a 'derivative work' of AFS would<br>
> > pretty much guarantee the end of the company filing suite. It mig=
ht be<br>><br>
> Pretty optimistic, there; what are your legal credentials?<br>
><br>
> If you don't have any, your opinion is somewhere between meaningle=
ss and<br>
> actively dangerous; the latter, if someone were to try to rely on it.<=
br>
<br>
You're right. It is actively dangerous for pretty much any of us on thi=
s<br>
list to start speculating about theoretically possible lawsuits.<br>
<br>
I'd like to put my money where my mouth is and put in $50 to retain the=
<br>
FSF council Eben Moglen to answer this question with real legal advice.<br>=
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Honestly? =C2=A0This is almost useless; su=
ch things are decided and become precedent only as part of active litigatio=
n. =C2=A0Otherwise, what you get will be an informed opinion, but still an =
opinion and of no real significance were it to come to an actual legal chal=
lenge.</div>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>brandon s allbery =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
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=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" targe=
t=3D"_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a><br>wandering unix systems administrato=
r (available) =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (412) 475-9364 vm/sms<br>
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