From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Cc: hangar18-general@open-forge.org, hell@einstein.ssz.com Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: The new ridiculous license Message-ID: <20030620161513.Z2250@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20030620070158.A2250@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Jim Choate on Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 09:18:16AM -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:15:14 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d2e2be76-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 09:18:16AM -0500, Jim Choate wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Lucio De Re wrote: > > > It is tempting to think of the FSF as providing an indemnifying > > role, > > Don't see why. The FSF does -nothing- do protect a user against damage or > loss. In -fact- the GPL has a section that -specifically- states that all > damages and such are the responsibility of the user. > Maybe I was too obscure. My point is that it's Lucent that needs "protecting" because they are an easy target, as mentioned here. The idea would be to "donate" the code to a foundation with the certainty that the donor would no longer be held responsible for any further use of the code whatsoever. Nothing about protecting the user, precisely. > > Still, it may be worth considering. Founding a Plan 9 "open source" > > foundation would be somewhat more difficult. > > Why? Some people, motivation, & money. In a very real way Hangar 18 is a > 'open source foundation' with the express intent of fostering the greater > use of Plan 9, Inferno, & Open Source technology in general in > -distributed general purpose- computing. > Show me the beef, mate! You've farted about this aplenty, but what have you got to show for it? ++L