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[Brian Utterback]

Ted Lemon wrote:

> They were legally liable for the damage they did.   Just like someone  
> would be if they violated the license.   But the damage was still  
> done, and couldn't be undone.   And so it would be with the license.    
> So the license doesn't help - it doesn't stop the mistake that you  
> with you could stop.
> 

I think I see Todd's point. The liability scales with the intentional
malice. With increased liability comes increased responsibility (
to paraphrase Spiderman).

However, I don't see how you could license the protocol and it is
from incorrect implementations that we need protection, so anything that
decreases the likelihood of using the reference implementation is a
net loss in my opinion.
-- 
blu

"You've added a new disk. Do you want to replace your current
drive, protect your data from a drive failure or expand your
storage capacity?" - Disk management as it should be.
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