A few comments

Ethan Blanton elb at pidgin.im
Tue Oct 16 22:39:57 EDT 2007


Michael spake unto us the following wisdom:
> Honestly I just think it's awful that our society is so filled with
> people willing to make a buck at the expense of others that we need to
> have things like this, and that we need lawyers just to tell people what
> is "right" and "wrong." (More like "legal" and "illegal," respectively)

I agree.  "Right" and "wrong" are obvious, here; linking the Skype API
is wrong.  It is unfortunate that there has to be a debate over
whether or not it is technically illegal, based on language lawyering
and hypothetical posturing.

Ethan

-- 
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws [that have no remedy
for evils].  They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
determined to commit crimes.
		-- Cesare Beccaria, "On Crimes and Punishments", 1764
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