Re: [Fwd: [DotGNU]A good warning?] and Do we have any law people around for FD?

[TonStanco]

I will handle the legal issues for FD and consult with both RMS and Eben. 

As Eben said at the LSM in France, we need to get lawyers and governments on 
our side to win against proprietary. That is part of the advocacy function I 
will perform. 

I talked to Dan (a copyright lawyer and free software supporter) at LSM also, 
and I think he will help us as needed. 

These legal issues will undoubtedly get messy, but getting a legal team in 
place with a community of sympathetic outside lawyers is extremely important.

tony


> RMS can offer an ethical opinion, but he cannot offer a "legal" opinion on 
>  something.  I have met Moglen, who is certainly one of free software's 
>  greatest resources.  However, I have no idea whatsoever of what time and 
>  availability he would even have to help FD.  I am sure many of our issues 
do 
> 
>  touch upon issues he currently handles for the FSF, and perhaps in that 
> regard 
>  we might be able to share some things.  Finally, he does make what limited 
>  time he can to answer questions personally from people.  In particular, I 
am 
>  also concerned about the legal risks and needs in DotGNU to handle cleanly 
> the 
>  development of a runtime implimentation and I would love it if we could 
have 
>  feedback from somebody like him on those issues.