From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 11 18:21:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fb02.eng00.mindspring.net (fb02.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.229.20]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A98E3EFC for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 18:21:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from confusion.net (user-2iveaac.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.41.76]) by fb02.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA16507; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:19:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <38A4C2DE.D57E9209@confusion.net> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:18:06 -0500 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ed Hall Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My views on Eclipse/BSD References: <200002111026.CAA21569@screech.weirdnoise.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Most licenses aren't all that enforceable. I was speaking with a lawyer friend who theorized that if the person accepting the license was under 18 (in the US at least) then they could do whatever they want with it. Solution? Have someone download it for you...I'm only 17, anybody want unencumbered code? :) Ed Hall wrote: > > One can argue that such prohibitions are unenforcible, or that Lucent > isn't likely to attempt to enforce them. And my read of the situation > is that this is probably the case. This time. But I, for one, would > rather the moral ambiguity be removed, not passed over. > > -Ed > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message PS: No, I wont actually send you the code, I'm kidding. -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 2000 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message