-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Katipo wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > >> Craig Russell writes: >> >> >>> I didn't realize that the GPL was in danger of being declared >>> null and void in the US. >>> >> >> It isn't. >> >> >> >>> Is this a realistic fear or a rant? >>> >> >> It's just a conspiracy nut raving. >> >> > Yep. How silly of me. None of it's really happening, is it? > [snip] > > I'm signing off on this conversation before it goes any further. > Subject matter for 'User' is broad, but I'll make the point > without persistence.
You should really do some *relevant* research first. And focus on your *own country*. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060320201540127 the /Wallace v. FSF/ case has been dismissed, with Mr. Wallace ordered to pay the Free Software Foundation's costs. Mr. Wallace's fourth Amended Complaint was dismissed and the Free Software Foundation's Motion to Dismiss was granted. It's the Order that tells Wallace to pay the Free Software Foundation's costs. Judges do that when they'd like you to learn a good lesson. It's a signal you shouldn't have brought the case in the first place. So, the end result is, the GPL went to court, and the judge not only upheld it, he said this: [T]he GPL encourages, rather than discourages, free competition and the distribution of computer operating systems, the benefits of which directly pass to consumers. These benefits include lower prices, better access and more innovation. I'm sure that was not Mr. Wallace's intention, to strenghten the GPL. But he did. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEjJHkS9HxQb37XmcRAiqGAJ9Xr6EUBrJTj0Vr6kBLTuNtLEkX9wCeMxGe pWBUxNmqGIezWyIJAj1ECOs= =YS9j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
