Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:08:40 -0600 (CST) From: Tony Kimball <alk@pobox.com> To: nate@mt.sri.com Cc: awd@fastparts.com, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes Message-ID: <199802180008.SAA06847@compound.east.sun.com> References: <34E9EBD7.3DDB6BE8@value.net> <34E9EEFE.D24DAA09@plutotech.com> <199802172134.OAA29842@mt.sri.com> <34EA04D4.5608730A@plutotech.com> <199802172147.OAA29926@mt.sri.com> <34EA1805.558724CB@fastparts.com> <199802172342.QAA01016@mt.sri.com>
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Quoth Nate Williams on Tue, 17 February: : > That's okay though. It sounds to me like it's time for someone to setup : > a .org domain, then start shipping GPL'ed (can lawyers sue an : > organization that doesn't make any money?) pluggable Look'n'Feel modules : > that look -exactly- like Windows95, MacOS, NextStep(why not?), etc. : : Not a smart idea. Copyright/trademark law applies to people who don't : make money the same as people who make money. Note the recent 'Boggle' : thread FreeBSD just went through. : Oh it's a *very* good idea! An LLC with no assets is the closest you can get to being lawsuit-proof. (The coders obviously incur no liabilities, only the publisher.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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