Le Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:24 -0600, "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > On Tuesday 17 November 2009 05:50:02 and regarding: > > Am Dienstag 17 November 2009 12:22:35 schrieb tuxce: > > > I'm uploading it right now, thanks for the information. > > > > You know that redistribution of the binary package is not legal? (except > > you have got the permission from Sun of course) > > > > UUH? > > ... and the penalty? Answer: The profits made from the distribution in > violation of the patent, trademark or copyright. The normal profits of 3rd > partry repository maintainer for hosting any type of generally distributed > quasi opensource package (usually $0, nada, gratto...) So in the case of > damages=profits -- you can do the math. Afaik the archlinux.fr mirror is in France, so the law is not the same. I don't know exactly what they risk but they would at least have to pay the lawyer fees in case of a trial. Sun probably wouldn't do that, but Oracle I don't know. > Of course all just assuming arguendo, because we know the archfr folks have > the permissions they require :p Why am I almost sure that they don't? ;) -- catwell
