Still no new license -- but draft text available

[Grant Griffin]

In article <8n8tmu$72n$1 at slb7.atl.mindspring.net>, aahz at netcom.com says...
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>>> Grant Griffin  <g2 at seebelow.org> wrote:
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>>>>In fact, I once worked for a certain Big Corporation which had a policy
>>>>of outlawing use of ALL free software, even for development purposes,
>>>>because they had gotten burned on a "trojan horse" license that was
>>>>invoked when an employee used free (of cost) software.  No kidding!
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>It occurs to me on second thought that the proper reaction to that
>trojan horse license would be to require *all* software used in Big
>Corporation to have its license vetted by the in-house lawyers (with
>certain limitations so the lawyers aren't overwhelmed).

Motion sustained, Counselor.

But since lawyers are trained to advocate the interest of their client (in this
case, themselves) without concern for any larger interest, the limitation would
be that one could buy from only a single software vendor.

(and-nobody-ever-got-fired-for-buying-IBM--er,-i-mean-"microsoft")
   -<wink>-ly y'rs,

=g2

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