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Re: More FSF hypocrisy


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: More FSF hypocrisy
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:12:53 -0400
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Rjack wrote:
There goooooooooooooooooooooooes the goalposts. Claiming that a
contractual COVENANT is a CONDITION will get you nowhere on Usenet
or in court:

No, it succeeds in court:
    <http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf>
    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.
    ...
    Having determined that the terms of the Artistic License are enforceable
    copyright conditions, we remand


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