From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 17 9:31:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from jhs.muc.de (jhs.muc.de [193.149.49.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2593D37B41B for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:31:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from park.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jhs.muc.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fBH1egw73064; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 01:40:42 GMT (envelope-from jhs@park.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200112170140.fBH1egw73064@jhs.muc.de> To: Terry Lambert Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd - Munich Unix & Internet consultancy X-Web: http://www.jhs.muc.de http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:06:31 PST." <3C1C2BD7.577C5506@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 02:40:42 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Terry Lambert > The rights are assigned, with the terms being "in consideration for > examination of the submission" (it's not a contract unless there is > consideration and exchange). Don't bet on it ! Law Is .... a mess or a nightmare, variable by time & location, etc, best avoided :-) EG: It can depend which legal jurisdicition one is in. I'm British, there's a difference I believe between English & Scottish contract law (Wales & NI using English contract law). One jurisdicition requires at least a nominal amount of money to exchange for a contract, whereas the other allows a contract without money involved; which way round I don't remember. I've no idea on Germany law (where I am now), & no idea whether your USA federal law chose to adopt a model from England, Scotland, Germany or some other imigrants way back, or whether that would be federal or variable state law. Not that USA law is of particular importance anyway, it's merely the address of FSF & a bunch of programmers, but not the address of many other people & sites. I think some jurisdictions also probably won't consider things as a legal contract unless it bears a stamp affixed (a tax revenue raiser). Julian J.Stacey Munich Unix (FreeBSD, Linux etc) Independent Consultant Reduce costs to secure jobs: Use free software: http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/free/ Ihr Rauchen = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message