On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 05:36:55PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alexander Terekhov wrote: > >> On 2/14/06, Yorick Cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >>>First off, hello. > >> Hello Yorick. > >> What is your educated opinion regarding the GPL being in trouble re > >> http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/legislation/treaties/ec/art81_en.html? > > > > Germany (which part of the EU) has declared the GPL legal. See > > http://lwn.net/Articles/73848/ > > Germany hasn't done anything, at least nothing is described in this > article. A particular german court has spoken.
Very true, but you can't expect much more. Governments don't often offer general statements as to the validity of licenses. The best you can hope on a particular license is: 1) A governmental assessment of the license showing it is fit for government use 2) A court ruling on the validity of a license. -- Yorick
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