John Levine writes: > Can I politely encourage people who are not lawyers to refrain from > expressing legal opinions here, or even worse stating legal opinions > as though they were facts? Why? IP litigation is usually a roll of the dice, anyway. > I know just enough about copyright law to know that it is complex and > subtle, it is hard to say exactly what is a license and what is fair > use, and should a situation like this end up in court, the result will > depend on the detailed facts of the case including arguments about > what's the customary usage of messages sent to mailing lists and > whether people are aware of the physical locations of archives so they > know what law applies and so forth. I have my opinions about what's > legitimate and what's not, but I am not under any illusions that a > judge would necessarily agree with me. > > Besides, we already got the opinion of an actual lawyer for free. > What a deal. See above. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf