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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
