Re: [Gnash] Gnash cannot legally play animations created with MM tools?

[Tomas Groth]

--- Patrice Dumas <address@hidden> skrev:

> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 05:41:30PM +0100, Tomas Groth wrote:
> > > 
> > It's important to remember that in some contries (such as Sweden and
> Denmark,
> > perhaps more) the clause mentioned is not legal (it conflicts with local
> laws),
> > and can therefore not be enforced. If Udo can check the local (german?)
> laws,
> > this discussion may not be so relevant as could be feared...
> 
> If the clause is legal, for example, in the US, doesn't that preclude gnash
> being distributed in the US, even if it can be distributed where the clause
> is illegal? Otherwise said, is it binding only for the developer or for the
> project as a whole?

I assume it's only binding for the developer. IIRC dotGNU was designed by
people in Europe to avoid US laws, and thereby avoiding any legal issues from
MS.

cheers,

Tomas