I was not going to interject here but I think you're wrong in assuming PerlMonks is just full of young geeks. This is not to say it is an ideal place for legal advice, but there are certainly a good number of fairly respectable (and respectably aged, if you insist on that condition) monks who know enough to provide pointers. Certainly it is advisable to consult an actual lawyer - but the fellowship here can, so I like to believe, provide a good and valid starting point into the material. It is my observation that the level of "young geek"ishness at PM tends to be a whole lot lower than in just about any communal forum regardless of form I have come across in the past. (Which is a big reason I like this place. People here tend to be - and are more likely to behave like - adults more often than elsewhere by an order of magnitude at least.)

Makeshifts last the longest.

In reply to Re^2: (OT) Who can use freely available material? by Aristotle
in thread (OT) Who can use freely available material? by Ovid

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