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[Tom Lee Mullins]

Steven Edwards wrote:

>Stephen,
>
>--- Stephen Hodges <theteofscuba at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>If you aren't sure if its legal or not you probably are already aware
>>of the
>>shaky legal grounds, and you might as well assume it is illegal until
>>proven
>>otherwise.
>>    
>>
>
>I am not attempting to defraud anyone and I live in a country that is
>based on the free market economy. I refuse to accept that ever action I
>take could be illegal until it is shown to me otherwise. There is a
>term in law called "Mens Rea" which translates to legal intent. I am
>not willfully trying to break any known law and we believe that are
>actions are 100% legal. If it is found later on that are actions are
>illegal it is up to the legal system to prove that we had prior
>knowledge and willfully broke the law. That does not mean that by not
>knowing the law there is no punishment but it does mean in most cases
>it is much less. Until such time as someone with a real legal ground
>says otherwise then we can assume we are still operating within the
>law.
>
>Also note that I have discussed this with other lawyers and they seem
>to agree that what we are doing should be legal even if it is not. If
>that is the case then litigation may be the only course of action long
>term. That does not mean we should stop working on ReactOS. It means we
>need to keep working on it and change the law.
>
>Thanks
>Steven
>
>
>  
>
Like 'innocent until proven guilty'(?).

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