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Re: SFLC's GPL court enforcement -- track record


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: SFLC's GPL court enforcement -- track record
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:29:16 -0400
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rjack wrote:
The SFLC will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER allow a district court to review the terms of their preempted, unenforceable GPL license on the merits. The fat revenue stream from charitable funds flowing into SFLC's attorneys'
> pockets would suddenly cease if their one of their crackpot complaints
> was ever reviewed by the court.

Before the SFLC files its cases the defendants are in violation
of the GPL. After the cases end, the GPLed source code is available.
Since the SFLC is accomplishing the purpose for which it exists,
there is no reason for the revenue stream to dry up.


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