On Nov 3, 10:28 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > On Nov 3, 9:41 am, Mark Kent <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> >> > Is the Monsoon settlement a missed opportunity?
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> >> >| Certainly more was hoped for from the first US GPL lawsuit. ?This case is
> >> >| very important because it will establish what type of remedies (either
> >> >| contract or copyright) are available to licensors for breach of the
> >> >| GPLv2,? wrote Mark Radcliffe at the time the complaint was filed.
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> >> >| However, for those looking for legal precedent, all may not be lost.
> >> >| ?Stay tuned, however, as this is likely not the last lawsuit we will see
> >> >| here in the U.S. to enforce the terms of the GPL,? notes Haislmaier.
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> >> >http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/10/31/is-the-monsoon-set...
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> >> I would think that the US would be the last place on the planet to
> >> affirm the validity of the GPL - the anti-GPL crowd is strongest there,
> >> and the government shows every sign of having been completely
> >> manipulated.
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> > You can blame it on the government, or the "anti-GPL crowd" but that
> > is a cop out. Lawsuits can be appealed to the Supreme Court (if they
> > have merit) where judges sit for life and are above government
> > interfence, or this mythical anti-GPL crowd you envision. Maybe the
> > GPL needs to be improved. Maybe the SFLC should have grown some balls
> > and taken this to it's conclusion instead of a opting for a
> > settlement. Remember they gave up and chose a settlement, they could
> > have continued. You can continue to blame Microsoft for Linux problems
> > all you want, but if the GPL is unenforcable, that is the biggest
> > threat to Linux. Who will want to develop then? Certainly not me
> > anymore.
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> The GPL is enforceable. It has already been enforced. Whether the US will find
> some weasel argument to escape the GPL's jaws is another story. You know what
> they say... "Only in America"
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You misinterpret how the US court system works. There's no way the
"US" could find some weasel argument.
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