<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ladypine@gmail.com">ladypine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Boris,<br>on his Haifux talk about legal issues, this is a tricky subject. The FSF compliance lab team ( <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/team" target="_blank">http://www.fsf.org/licensing/team</a>) supplies paid counseling for companies which wish to do what you want.<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br>Before i say to my employer to pay someone i wish to be sure in what i say , <br>For instance i do know that there is no problem with BSD license software (invokation) or use of apache services.<br>
I didn't know there any representatives of FSF in IL , i guess I should start reading more israel LUGS.<br><br>And i know of many talented law and software people are reading this list.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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The tricky thing is the intent of the license. As I understand, even if you follow the license to the letter, but not to the spirit, a judge may rule against you in court.<br>I am not saying you can't do this, just that you need to legally verify your steps carefully (linux-il does not count).<br>
<br></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Another thing Yoni said is that when you add exceptions etc. to the GPL, you take away freedoms, and it makes GPLv3 null and void. You have a special place where you can add non-legal personal statements, and that's it.<br>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br>Is there a place to get the lecture ?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">
Orna.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>Any way i'm going to ask this also on fsf mailing list and Nmap's thank for the help.<br><br>P.s<br>Sorry didn't see the messages till now..<br><br></div></div><br>-- <br>
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