Re: Versa trashes the GPL as well

[Hyman Rosen]

On 3/9/2010 7:09 AM, RJack wrote:
> a) The court will immediately find the GPL unenforceable because of the
> preemption doctrine established by 17 USC sec. 301(a).

Preemption has nothing to do with the GPL, since this is
a case of normal copyright infringement brought under the
federal copyright law.

> b) They'll tell the court that the doctrine of promissory estoppel applies.

They may tell the court anything they like, but promissory
estoppel does not apply to GPL-covered code since the license
clearly spells out the conditions under which the code may be
copied and distributed.