[OT] RE: MPL 2 section 11

Lawrence Rosen lrosen at rosenlaw.com
Wed Nov 24 18:20:10 UTC 2010


[off-topic]

John Cowan wrote:
(a) violating a strong copyleft is bad for one's reputation, and (b)
successfully defending oneself from legal threats is a Pyrrhic victory (for
clients if not lawyers).

As for (a), I vaguely remember an ethics class I took that suggested that a
lawyer's objective is not to be loved, but to represent the law and the
client.

As for (b), sometimes it is responsible for the Pyrrhic army to try to
defeat the Roman hordes despite the odds. Let history be the judge.

/Larry



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan at ccil.org] On Behalf Of John Cowan
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:54 AM
> To: Schmitz, Patrice-Emmanuel
> Cc: Lawrence Rosen; 'OSI License Review'
> Subject: Re: MPL 2 section 11
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