On Thu, October 25, 2012 8:55 am, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
Not much has changed in 20 years then I'd
have to say. And, I'd guess
that
to effect any real, draw a line in the sand results, that query should
probably come from the FSF, whom I think has power of attorney over 99%
of
the kernel code and libraries. But we both know that Aussie companies
tend
to do their own thing and may need to be prodded gently by the AU office
of
the FSF if there is such a thing.
Yes, sending FSF after a company would bring astonishing results. You
could also use hunting dogs, just for the fun of it.
My suggestion is to take ownership of the issue and only involve the FSF
if we as a community feel there is a severe breach. The Consortium was
originally setup to handle things like this and as far as I know is still
prepared to take on that responsibility if the need arise.
It looks like Fairlight created an account at Github
in March (without
public repositories so far):
https://github.com/fairlightinstruments
Fairlight Instruments is not Fairlight :-)
They could be up to something or maybe not. In any
case,
Peter Vogel Instruments (nee Fairlight Instruments) is definitely up to
something.
I'd hate to
be part of a community that initiates a conversation with legal
matters.
What are you scared of? That people might start arguing with each other?
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd