Re: [aspell-devel] Problems with aspell-en license

[Kevin Atkinson]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Glenn Maynard wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 01:52:18AM -0600, John Galt wrote:
> > No, it's legal boilerplate.  You can't testify to things that AREN'T to
> > the best of your knowlege.  At worst it's redundant.
>
> Okay.
>
> > >> Actually it isn't a granting of right, but a Testimonial that those 
> > >> rights
> > >> exist.  It means that you have recourse if sued to go after the one 
> > >> making
> > >> the Testimony for your costs.  In Debian, a Testimony that rights exist
> > >> has usually been enough to cover for a license, but the term "license" 
> > >> for
> > >> that is rather ambiguous, I'd agree.
>
> Kevin, did you (or whoever wrote and is responsible for this) intend this as
> a testimony?

Could you be more specific?  I am not sure what you are asking.