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Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java
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David Kastrup |
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Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java |
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Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:16:10 +0100 |
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John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
> David Kastrup writes:
>> For the counterclaim of IBM against SCO the GPL might be considered
>> marginally relevant.
>
> Slightly more than marginal. One of IBM's counterclaims [1] is that
> The SCO Group [2] has infringed IBM's copyrights by breaching the
> GPL. It seems rather unlikely that Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
> would file such a claim if they doubted the enforceability of the
> GPL.
The GPL is not enforceable anyway, since the recipient of the software
is not required to accept it. If he doesn't, however, he is back at
square one: normal copyright permissions. And what SCO did with the
code of IBM is most certainly not legal without some contract or
permission. If they consider the GPL not a valid permission, then
they'd better have a very good idea just why the code of IBM is free
for them to take and redistribute.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, (continued)
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, John Hasler, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, John Hasler, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java,
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- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, John Hasler, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, John Hasler, 2004/12/02
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03