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From: "Dave Neuer" <mr.fred.smoothie@pobox.com>
To: "Ramakanth Gunuganti" <rgunugan@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: GPL issues
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On 4/11/06, Ramakanth Gunuganti <rgunugan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies, talking to a lawyer seems to
> be too stringent a requirement to even evaluate Linux.
> Who would be the ultimate authority to give definitive
> answers to these questions?

A lawyer. The questions you are asking are inherently legal ones, and
any answer you get on this mailing list (which is a technical list,
not a legal one) is not going to be the *real* answer. The "ultimate
authority" you're asking for here is the court system, so if you're
concerned about legal liability for copyright infringement due to a
product you plan to distribute, you need to hire a lawyer.

Dave