[License-review] Behavior [was Re: Request for Approval of Universal Permissive License (UPL)]

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Carlo Piana <osi-review at piana.eu> wrote:

>
> not my role to moderate the discussion, but I find it uncharacteristic to
> carry a discussion in a public forum concerning licenses only based on the
> attitude of the proponent. While I myself have strong feelings about the
> action Oracle has brought in the Java space, especially after having been
> told and perjured oh so many times how their patents were held only for
> defensive purposes and never to attack, this is IMHO not the right place to
> discuss the motives or to bring an ad-personam argument against a legal
> text which should be judged as is, not because of (possibly not entirely
> unwarranted, speaking in corporate terms) reservations on the proponent's
> intent in submitting or later using the license.


It is my job to moderate, and I agree with Carlo here - the attitude is out
of line, Chris. I don't particularly like Oracle (really quite enjoyed
embarrassing Oracle's legal team on Google's behalf a few years ago :) but
this list should remain professional in tone.

Luis
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