On 2/14/06, Yorick Cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Assuming you mean the FSF and/or GNU project, with whom are they > entering onto agreement? Mmmmh?
I mean the GPL license. > > Also, please have a look at 81 § 3. I did it. Now you please take a look at http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l26108.htm ----- Licensing agreements that restrict competition are prohibited by the Community competition rules, and in particular Article 81 of the EC Treaty. In most cases, however, these agreements also have positive effects that outweigh their restrictive effects on competition. The new provisions, which comprise a "block exemption" regulation and guidelines, create an area of certainty for most licensing agreements. [...] These exemptions are granted on condition that the agreements do not contain certain restrictions that have serious anti-competitive effects. ----- And at http://www.terekhov.de/Wallace_v_Red_Hat_2nd_ANSWER.pdf Now please tell me where and why Wallace goes wrong regarding serious anti-competitive effects of the GPL license when used by a cartel of competitors to pool and cross license predatory price fixed intellectual property with the sole objective to eliminate free market competition. <quote author=Stallman> In the GNU Project, discrimination against proprietary software is not just a policy -- it's the principle and the purpose. Proprietary software is fundamentally unjust and wrong, so when we have the opportunity to place it at a disadvantage, that is a good thing. </quote> TIA. regards, alexander.
