Small rants about lawyers and other developers

Lately OSUNIX has had two minor challenges.

1. Legal pre-review for CDDL libc + GPL code
2. Other developers making promises and not keeping them

I must say that for the first problem it's really coming down to lawyer bullshit.  From any lay perspective is *very* clear that libc + GPL userland code isn't going to be a derived work from the GPL userland code.  It's been requested that copyright holder for all the CDDL and GPL code linking together be sent for a risk assessment.  If knowing the open source landscape I really wonder to myself wtf this will accomplish. Why you may ask?

• SFLC is really the only lawfirm enforcing or suing others over GPL issues
• SFLC represents FSF which is probably the majority copyright holder of any critical GPL software

Basically SFLC on one side is requesting the exact list of software which if used by another client (FSF which they represent) would be the ones who would want to enforce the GPL.  I ask myself..  I mean seriously... is it just me or is it not obvious that lawyers are creating work for themselves here so that they appear to be doing something meaningful.  The real solution is for someone wearing the lawyer badge to step up and give a clear answer.  Then if anyone doesn't like it to call bullshit and or forever shutup and let developers get back to *cough* work..

Speaking of work... my 2nd small rant..

I don't care if this is open source or you're getting paid a lot.  If you say you're going to help.. help.. if you say you'll get something done.. get it done..  We all should be working as a team and able to count on each other.