Re: Are Microsoft’s patent lawyers really this dumb?

[Alexander Terekhov]

"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
> 
>    "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:
> 
>    >    Not really.  You can use it to license commercial software, but
>    >    since the demand is that it is "to be licensed as a whole at no
>    >    charge", while you can charge for a copy of the _software_, the
>    >    license itself is not a commercial item.
>    >
>    > Sure it is, you can charge several millions for a copy of the license.
>    > All that is required is that you do not modify it.
> 
>    You can't charge anything for the license accompanying sublicensed
>    GPLed software, obviously.  That's what the "no charge" is about.

Sublicensed GPLed software? Dak, dak, dak, 

                       "Sublicensing is not allowed"

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

>    Please read again.
> 
> Sure I can, I am talking about the actual _LICENSE_.  The FSF even
> sells nicely printed copies of it, did you know that?
> 
> |     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
> |     of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
> 
> What I cannot do is charge for receiving a license to do things, which
> is quite different.  You like to complain about my spelling, now I'd
> like to take the oppertunity to complain about your complete and utter
> inability to comprehend basic English.

LOL.

regards,
alexander.

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