Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:25:54 +1030 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only |
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Alan Cox wrote: >> No. Holders of Linux copyrights would have to prove that the >> proprietary code is derived from the kernel. They have the burden of >> proof, and defence needs merely show that their arguments are wrong. >> > > Wrong again. In civil law in the USA and most of europe the test is > "balance of probability". >
No, I'm right. The word "proof" is appropriate in context. (I write in plain English, not Legalese.) I certainly didn't intend "proof" to mean "mathematically certain." Anybody who pretends that proof in court means that must be ignorant or trying to deceive.
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