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Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++
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Hyman Rosen |
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Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++ |
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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:46:25 -0500 |
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On 2/3/2010 9:23 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
... Absent a license
OK, so we get to ignore this part, since the GPL is a license.
As a general rule, " if the
[licensees] improper conduct constitutes a breach of a covenant
undertaken by the licensee . . . and if such covenant constitutes an
enforceable contractual obligation, then the licensor will have the
cause of action for contract," not for copyright infringement. Graham
v. James , 144 F.3d 229, 236-37 (2d Cir. 1998) quoting 3 Melville B.
Nimmer& David Nimmer, Nimmer on Copyright, 10.15[A] at 10-120
(1998); see also Kolbe v. Trudel , 945 F. Supp. 1268, 1270-71
(D. Ariz. 1996). As the Ninth Circuit explained in Topolos v.
Caldewey, 698 F.2d 991, 993 (9th Cir. 1983):
Funny you should mention Graham vs. James. Given your track
record, we should expect that the citation contradicts your
thesis. Sure enough <http://www.altlaw.org/v1/cases/1090996>:
Costello Publ'g Co., 670 F.2d at 1045 ("[E]ven if the
counterclaims asserted merely constitute a breach of
contract, an action for copyright infringement would lie
if the breach is so material that it allows the grantor
power to recapture the rights granted so that any further
use of the work was without authority."); 3 Nimmer on
Copyright, supra, ยง 10.15[A], at 10-123-10-125; see also
Lulirama Ltd. v. Axcess Broad. Servs., Inc., 128 F.3d 872,
882-83 (5th Cir.1997) (holding that non-exclusive license
is not revocable at will of licensor). Under New York law,
rescission is permitted if the breach is "material and
willful, or, if not willful, so substantial and fundamental
as to strongly tend to defeat the object of the parties in
making the contract." Septembertide Publ'g, B.V. v. Stein
and Day, Inc., 884 F.2d 675, 678 (2d Cir.1989)
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, (continued)
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Florian Weimer, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
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- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, John Hasler, 2010/02/03