Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:48:59 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: bernt@bah.homeip.net, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook Message-ID: <b79ecaef0903021048m2c30e4dav85ba64a1fd4b2726@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <110F293A-E09B-40D2-9B8C-38E1D8C6D1B2@gmail.com> References: <630286c70902270134u18505882xbabf547190ae8747@mail.gmail.com> <49A98ADB.2010107@bah.homeip.net> <49A98FE5.7000404@hotmail.com> <49A9A52C.2010507@bah.homeip.net> <b79ecaef0902281259ka67d4fbtd387286748a027e5@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0902281259y4a9b3c14n460e6848abeffdac@mail.gmail.com> <49A9ACBC.30506@bah.homeip.net> <BDB70B9C-3482-40BF-A314-2C41D5DF1DA3@gmail.com> <49AB98C2.80900@bah.homeip.net> <110F293A-E09B-40D2-9B8C-38E1D8C6D1B2@gmail.com>
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2009/3/2 Julian Wissmann <julianwissmann@gmail.com>: > Oh, that didn't go to the list, did it. > I should actually read where I send stuff to, well, anyway. > > Suse was bought by Novell a while back as you probably know, but as far a= s I > know the Suse team still is located in Nuernberg over here in Germany. > They're programmers/geeks whichever you prefer to call it, not lawyers. > So chances are they didn't know about this either when they started out, = but > considering that Yast was closed source for a while they probably found o= ut > soon. > > > Am 02.03.2009 um 09:28 schrieb Bernt Hansson: > >> Julian Wissmann skrev: >>> >>> An EULA actually in nearly all European Countries and probably most >>> other countries in the World is not binding. >> >> That's my point. An EULA is just, that. An EULA. >> >>> Even in the US it is not >>> quite clear if an EULA is a valid license agreement. >> >> Can't comment on that. >> >>> Also EULAs and >>> many Licenses actually only apply to US Law, so basically they're not >>> worth anything anywhere else. >> >> Yes. US law apply to us only. >> >>> You couldn't enforce a GPL in Germany or >>> some other european countries for example, because it is built atop >>> another legal system with different ideas of how things work. >> >> Interesting! Suse comes to mind, but is suse linux still based in german= y? >> >>> Same >>> thing applies to EULAs. I read a very interesting article on German iX >>> magazine recently wich was covering this. Don't have access to it >>> right now though cause I'm on a trip home, so I can't really say much >>> more about it, but if you want specific details I can post them in a >>> bout a week. >> >> Take your time. This kind of discussion's come and go. >> >> >> >>> >>> Am 28.02.2009 um 22:29 schrieb Bernt Hansson: >>> >>>> Chris Rees skrev: >>>>> >>>>> 2009/2/28 Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Lord Blackadder skrev: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bernt Hansson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sean Cavanaugh skrev: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm sorry to disappoint you, Bernt, but under Swedish law any >>>>>>> kind of >>>>>>> agreement is legally binding. Even just a handshake. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. But clicking yes or no is not a handshake or oral agreement >>>>>> acording to Swedish law. >>>> >>>>> Again, back it up? You're just expecting us to believe your >>>>> interpretation of the law. >>>> >>>> Who's interpretation are you in comfort with? Your own? Sombody >>>> else, a >>>> lawyer? A pornstar? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org >>>> " >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Varning! E-post till och fr=E5n Sverige, eller som passerar servrar i >> Sverige, avlyssnas av F=F6rsvarets Radioanstalt, FRA. >> >> WARNING! E-mail to and from Sweden, or via servers in Sweden, is >> monitored by the National Defence Radio Establishment. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > In all fairness, you are posting on a mailing list about software originating in the US, written in English, with the original post being a guy from India, and the disputed one being made from a guy in Spain. How is Swedish law relevant to this discussion, whether it says what you claim or not? Chris --=20 R< $&h ! > $- ! $+ $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > (sendmail.cf)
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