From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7545B308 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18FC819E for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1472142475.2751.36.camel@redhat.com> From: Rik van Riel To: James Bottomley , Jiri Kosina , Greg KH Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:27:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1472073661.2570.42.camel@HansenPartnership.com> References: <20160824130832.GA28564@kroah.com> <1472052583.61594.577.camel@infradead.org> <20160824174724.GE30853@kroah.com> <1472063065.2545.12.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160824204141.GA3114@kroah.com> <1472073661.2570.42.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 17:21 -0400, James Bottomley wrote: > On Wed, 2016-08-24 at 23:09 +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > I discussed this last year with you, and others.  By us talking  > > > about this in a setting like this, we open ourselves up to being  > > > part of any lawsuits that are discussed.  That's _really_ > > > dangerous > > > > Is it? What if a person actually wouldn't mind to participate > > because  > > he actually believes in what the lawsuit is trying to achieve, and  > > would be happy to provide his testimony in a lawsuit if need be? > > Even if it's VMware compelling you as witness for their case? It's a good thing that the German court system does not have a discovery process, unlike US courts.