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Re: [News] Victory for the GPL in US Court

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:46:28 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Wallace's Appeal Firmly Rejected - GPL Has Nothing to Fear [pdf]
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| PJ: "Just so you know, Daniel Wallace's appeal of the ruling
>| against him in his pro se quest to overthrow the GPL on antitrust
>| grounds, one of SCO's daydreams too, has been firmly rejected by
>| the appeals court, as I knew it would be."
> `----
> 
> http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/WallaceAppealRejected.pdf

What's odd is that the appleas court appears to have completely
misunderstood the GPL.

>From the ruling:

"Thus the GPL propagates from user to user and
revision to revision: neither the original author, nor any
creator of a revised or improved version, may charge for the
software or allow any successor to charge."

There are several other areas where they make similar claims as well.

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