Le Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:24 -0600, "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> a écrit :
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 05:50:02 and regarding:
Am Dienstag 17 November 2009 12:22:35 schrieb tuxce:
I'm uploading it right now, thanks for the information.
You know that redistribution of the binary package is not legal? (except you have got the permission from Sun of course)
UUH?
... and the penalty? Answer: The profits made from the distribution in violation of the patent, trademark or copyright. The normal profits of 3rd partry repository maintainer for hosting any type of generally distributed quasi opensource package (usually $0, nada, gratto...) So in the case of damages=profits -- you can do the math.
Afaik the archlinux.fr mirror is in France, so the law is not the same. I don't know exactly what they risk but they would at least have to pay the lawyer fees in case of a trial. Sun probably wouldn't do that, but Oracle I don't know.
Of course all just assuming arguendo, because we know the archfr folks have the permissions they require :p
Why am I almost sure that they don't? ;) -- catwell