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Re: Settlements
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Settlements |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:41:00 +0100 |
Hyman Rosen wrote:
>
> On 2/26/2010 12:08 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > Stop confusing conditions v. scope limitations v. covenants, silly
> > Hyman. There is a reason why these concepts are different.
> > Bluntly calling license's obligations and limitations "conditions"
> > doesn't change anything (except making things worse for the
> > licensor/drafter).
>
> <http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf>
> Jacobsen argues that the terms of the Artistic License define
> the scope of the license and that any use outside of these
> restrictions is copyright infringement. Katzer/Kamind argues
> that these terms do not limit the scope of the license and are
> merely covenants providing contractual terms for the use of the
> ...
> The clear language of the Artistic License creates conditions to
> protect the economic rights at issue in the granting of a public
> license. These conditions govern the rights to modify and
> distribute the computer programs and files included in the
> downloadable software package.
> ...
> For the aforementioned reasons, we vacate and remand.
Yes, HOCHBERG, District Judge, United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey, sitting by designation, wrote the baloney above.
Q: If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five?
Judge HOCHBERG: Of course five.
Abraham Lincoln: No, calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg!
regards,
alexander.
P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system
so that I can do the builds."
Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate'
P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this
fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress."
Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate'
--
http://gng.z505.com/index.htm
(GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can
be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards
too, whereas GNU cannot.)
- Re: Settlements, (continued)
- Re: Settlements, RJack, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements,
Alexander Terekhov <=
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, David Kastrup, 2010/02/27
- Re: Settlements, RJack, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, RJack, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, David Kastrup, 2010/02/27