Lawyers, here! [Was: binary graphics drivers]

Javier javiermon at gmail.com
Thu Apr 6 13:31:12 BST 2006


On 4/6/06, Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would rather doubt there is a legal difference between using the gui
> and the command line. On the other hand, there is a huge usability
> difference. We can't use legal issues as an excuse for everything,
> because then people will just say that for whatever reason, and they
> won't care why, windows is better than Linux, and so they'll continue
> using the pirated cop they downloaded off the Internet. The only way for
> Linux to get market share is to make things easier, something which can
> not happen without being able to do everything from within the GUI
> without resorting to the command line.
>
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > <quote who="Sasha Tsykin">
> >
> >> and that means making sure that the end user doesn't have to sue the
> >> command line for ANYTHING
> >
> > ... and those lawyers get their dirty little fingers on everything!
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
>
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It was a joke, you wrote "sue" instead of "use"

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Javier


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