On Nov 16, 2007 7:06 AM, Monkey Boy <monkeyboythom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Could you turn the requirement on it's ear and be even more specific on the > Wiki page? Instead of saying here are some third parties links to stuff that > may or may not be legal in your country why not explicitly say what is legal > in what country? Are you offering to find lawyers who are experts in each country's legal system who are willing to provide binding legal advice and liability coverage concerning the accuracy of such lists? Or were you thinking we could get binding legal advice..wikipedia-style.. from individual users. I don't think you've got a firm grasp of how screwed up "contributory infringement" can be. The act of explicitly discussing the details about what is and is not legal and where what is and is not available is, could very well increase the liability for contributory infringement for the party hosting the webpages containing that detailed information that also host links to 3rd party resources where these materials can be gotten. Stuff like that can be construed as a "willful" act to aid infringement. We've just got the legal nod to link to 3rd party repositories as long as we make extremely general references and we do not get into the specifics of the contents of those repositories. What you are suggesting most probably create additional liability and would threaten our ability to link to external repositories at all. So you'll be making a choice. Do you want the Fedora project website to be as explicit an as accurate as possible concerning the legality of using specific software without any links whatsoever to places where you can obtain the software. Or do you want us to be able to reference the websites of 3rd party repositories in a general way for people to more easily find? I think detailed, thoughtful legal analysis for problematic software in each and every country would be an extraordinary educational experience, and I think we'd all learn a lot about the details of evolving software patent law outside the US. But such an "educational" experience would mean that Fedora sites will not be pointing people to any 3rd party repositories. And I'm pretty sure that's not what you want. -jef _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
