-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Glenn Maynard wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 01:30:04AM -0600, John Galt wrote: >> Actually it isn't a granting of right, but a Testimonial that those rights >> exist. It means that you have recourse if sued to go after the one making >> the Testimony for your costs. In Debian, a Testimony that rights exist >> has usually been enough to cover for a license, but the term "license" for >> that is rather ambiguous, I'd agree. > >The usage of the phrase "to the best of my knowledge" indicates to me >that the person who wrote this is trying to avoid getting sued. If >that phrase isn't enough to avoid liability if the best of his knowledge >is wrong, he might want to change this anyway. No, it's legal boilerplate. You can't testify to things that AREN'T to the best of your knowlege. At worst it's redundant. >And if it *is* sufficient to avoid liability (eg. it's noncommittal), I'd >imagine it wouldn't be much of a Testimony. > >(At least that's what the text Brian quoted said.) > > - -- Armageddon means never having to say you're sorry. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQE9smC1+ZSKG3nWr3ARAtrRAKCJ+Fs2K1zVwsrvL3HFIJi6/P9m2gCg4E7A fwhuOhcJfDyTK+yD/GDDa88= =StAW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
