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  • From: Benedikt Heintel <benedikt AT cacert.org>
  • To: cacert-policy AT lists.cacert.org
  • Subject: Re: Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)
  • Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:19:37 +0100
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Aren't there any lawyers in the CAcert Inc.? We might have a look
around if someone of them is keen to help us out. The reward might be
CAcert as trusted CA in another OS.

My 2 ct.
Cheers Benedikt

Am 10.11.2011 00:49, schrieb Faramir:
> El 07-11-2011 19:50, Bruce Alspaugh escribió:
>> Based on Red Hat's last comment, it sounds like they won't
>> listen to us unless CACert has an official lawyer who can talk to
>> their lawyer:
> 
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474549#c59
> 
>> I thought it might be worth a try to find out whether the
>> Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) might be able to offer CACert
>> some pro-bono legal assistance to deal with this and other
>> issues.
> 
>http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
> 
> Well, I'm not even an associated member, but I think it is a good 
> idea to have a lawyer helping us with that. If I understood it
> right, our 3th parties licence aims to "use it anyway you want, as
> long as you don't blame us -not sue us- if something doesn't go as
> you expected". Something as the typical "as is" disclaimer some
> software uses. But what should be simple to communicate, becomes
> complex when it has to be expressed in legal language.
> 
> So, if we have to convince their lawyers, that sounds like a job
> for another lawyer.
> 
> Best Regards

- -- 
Benedikt Heintel - 
benedikt AT cacert.org
CAcert Assurer for People & Organizations

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