Re: The "Evil Cookie Producer" case
[Posted March 9, 2011 by ris]
| From: |
| PJ Weisberg <pjweisberg-AT-gmail.com> |
| To: |
| Andrew Ross <ubuntu-AT-rossfamily.co.uk> |
| Subject: |
| Re: The "Evil Cookie Producer" case |
| Date: |
| Mon, 7 Mar 2011 02:21:59 -0800 |
| Cc: |
| debian-legal-AT-lists.debian.org, bruno.lowagie-AT-gmail.com |
On 3/7/11, Andrew Ross <ubuntu@rossfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> "The AGPL and the extra term ensure the consumer's RIGHT to know
> that the PDF was produced by iText. Denying this right is IMO
> exactly the abuse of Free Software the AGPL wants to avoid."
"Exaggerating a bit" with the cookie metaphore, I see. ;-) Sure,
maybe the consumer has a RIGHT to know that the PDF was created with
iText, but he almost certainly doesn't care.
In the interest of full disclosure, I think I should mention that the
message you're reading now was sent through Gmail, which I accessed on
a TMobile-locked BlackBerry Bold 9780 (connected over WiFi to a
Linksys router), running v6.0.0.285 of the BlackBerry OS. Portions of
the browser are copyright 4thpass.
If you want to discuss the opinions I've expressed here, please do so
in a way that respects people's right to know which technologies I
used to express them.
;-)
-PJ
