Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474549 --- Comment #37 from Matt McCutchen <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2011-02-02 17:53:06 EST --- (In reply to comment #36) > Without some reconsideration, it appears that Fedora and CACert have created an > impasse. May I suggest that RedHat Legal reconsider the interpretation on the > grounds that: Red Hat Legal's analysis is correct. There is nothing to reconsider. > a) the RDL language "specifically does not permit" is not the same as > "prohibits." CACert disclaims express or implied warranties, and specifically > withholds permission to rely (take on risk or liability). A priori, I don't need CAcert's permission to rely on (= take on risk or liability based on) their certificates. There is no law, and I have agreed to no contract, that would forbid me to do this. A simple statement that they withhold permission is meaningless; there is no permission to withhold. It seems more likely, especially in view of the policy discussion you linked, that the intended interpretation is to make non-reliance a condition of the copyright license. (If this is not the case, CAcert should issue an official clarification.) > b) all software under GPL carries the same restriction, "No warranty... the > entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you [the > user]." It seems consistent to say, from another perspective, that relying on > the quality or performance of the program is specifically not permitted by the > GPL. Nope. Companies rely (= take on risk and liability based on) the correct operation of GPL software every day. They just can't sue the copyright holders if it breaks. > The RDL language is a restatement of warranty disclaimer for clarity and > emphasis, it is not an incremental restriction. No, that is not what it says when "RELY" is expanded with the definition given (comment #34). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review