Re: [Consortium] Linuxaudio.org Management Board

It's a fair point, but I think the problem with large companies is that one person often cannot speak for the whole company or group when they make such a promise (especially not for the legal department). Many IT companies are suing each other, on a regular basis - including former industry partners. Personally, I think that once matters are in the hands of lawyers, then lawyers will be the only party to benefit. In addition, these companies probably don't want to enter into an agreement which means that should there be a dispute, their hands would be tied. It could also be seen as a risk-free invitation to reverse engineering of proprietary software, which may not be legal in some countries of course. I hope that we'll be able to work together on formats, so that reverse engineering will not be required. I'd like Dave Phillips, as chair of the linuxaudio.org Management Board, to find out if there is any consensus on the management mailing list for removing clause 6 of the policy document. Cheers Daniel James Director http://linuxaudio.org