From owner-freebsd-java Wed Feb 18 09:59:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA26709 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from teel.info-noire.com (XP11-1-5-04.interlinx.qc.ca [207.253.79.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA26546 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:58:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@gel.usherb.ca) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by teel.info-noire.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA16830; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:02:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alex@teel.info-noire.com) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:02:48 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Boisvert Reply-To: boia01@gel.usherb.ca To: Tony Kimball cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sunsoft swing classes In-Reply-To: <199802180008.SAA06847@compound.east.sun.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Tony Kimball wrote: > 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.) > I can't say anything for the US, but in Canada if you did that, the administrators of the corporation WOULD be considered possible lawsuit targets has they have a 'civil' responsibility with respect to law. That's why administrators who fraud can be sued... and that's a very good thing. There's probably an equivalent concept in the US. Wanna be the administrator, not just the coder? ;0) Alex. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message