On Friday 15 June 2007 19:39:57 Michael Gerdau wrote: > > > > What matters is *my* intent in *choosing* the GPLv2, not *his* > > > > intent in writing it. > > > > > > I beg to differ. By adopting _his_ license you adopted his view. [...] > > > > ianal, but fortunately that's not what the law is. The license says what > > it says, and that is what controls. The intent of the author (of Linus > > and other copyright holders) is a secondary source of information /if > > and only if/ any ambiguity of meaning arises (as determined by a judge, > > not by you or me). But the opinion and intent of RMS (unless adopted by > > Linus) is quite immaterial. > > I agree with the "/if and only if/ any ambiguity of meaning arises" part. > I'm sorry I didn't make that clear before. > > However if that situation arises (i.e. the judge decides there is an > ambiguity) then as far as my experience tells me it is the intention of > the author (RMS et al in this case) that counts. But I erred before...
I doubt this. In a situation like that the intent of the licensor is what matter, not the intent of the original author of the license. DRH > Best wishes, > Michael -- Dialup is like pissing through a pipette. Slow and excruciatingly painful. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
