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Re: Sharing the GPL source code, with value addition by vendor specific


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: Sharing the GPL source code, with value addition by vendor specific to his hardware?
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:03:44 -0000
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On 10/12/2010 5:49 PM, RJack wrote:
No federal court has ever ruled on the merits that the GPL is
an enforceable copyright license. No federal court has ever found
copyright infringement liability on the merits concerning a GPL
defendant. Your citations to extraneous dicta notwithstanding.

They haven't "ruled on the merits" because the merits are so obvious
that no one has taken a case to completion to dispute them.

The eight remaining defendants in the Best Buy Inc. litigation are about
to expose the Free Software movement for what it is -- a complete fraud.
Stay tuned Hyman.

Yawn. This is what you cranks say every time, and every time the
defendants come into compliance with the GPL instead of fulfilling
your little fantasies.


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