Re: An attempt to be constructive

Chris Nandor wrote:
>
>At 12:45 -0400 2000.09.11, Ben Tilly wrote:
> >Chris Nandor wrote:
> >>
> >>At 11:40 -0400 2000.09.11, Ben Tilly wrote:
> >> >1. Larry is in charge of Perl.
> >> >
> >> >2. Perl should be available under terms agreeable with the
> >> >   above statement.
> >> >
> >> >Two additional points come to mind as my opinions:
> >> >
> >> >3. The current AL probably does not convey the above in terms
> >> >   acceptable to lawyers and it is worth making it do so.
> >> >
> >> >4. Perl folks are not exactly fond of litigation and lawyerly
> >> >   details.
> >> >
> >> >Can we all agree on these points?
> >>
> >>No.  I disagree with #3.
> >
> >May I ask what part you disagree with?
>
>I think it the AL is legally acceptable.
>
>
> >That it is probably not acceptable with lawyers?  That is a
> >statement of fact and we have evidence for it.
>
>And we also have statements of fact that some lawyers do find it
>acceptable.  If you had said "some," I would have agreed.  But I took your
>lack of quantifying modifier to be a statement that all, or even most,
>lawyers find it unacceptable.  I am sure the former is false, and I
>wouldn't believe the latter without specific proof (which probably wouldn't
>even be worth getting).

Please point me at these statements of fact.

Thanks,
Ben
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