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IP: Judgment Day for the GPL? - Determining the Legality of the GPL
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 15:07:43 -0400
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 09:38:30 -0700 From: "Tim O'Reilly" <tim () oreilly com> To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: Judgment Day for the GPL? - Determining the Legality of the GPL Good article, not just for the news value shown in the quote below, but because it gives a good summary of the legal issues around the enforceability of the GPL. If you don't know what privity means, you should read this article. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/2000/1/ "This summer could be a lot hotter than usual--not because of global warming, which may or may not be taking place, but because of a lawsuit which may or may not be taking place. "Before summer's end, a long-awaited court test of the GNU General Public License may be filed, says Eben Moglen, professor at the Columbia University Law School and general counsel to the Free Software Foundation." -- Tim O'Reilly @ O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 101 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472 +1 707-829-0515, FAX +1 707-829-0104 tim () oreilly com, http://www.oreilly.com
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