[Sheflug] Re: Gnu Public License to be tested in court for first time

[Richard Ibbotson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris

> "The product was originally released without the accompanying
> source code. The Free Software Foundation's chief legal counsel,
> Eben Moglen, is set to provide expert testimony in a hearing
> Wednesday at 2 p.m. in what is the first court test for Richard
> Stallman's GNU General Public License."


Should be interesting.  If you've ever had a friendly discussion with 
either Eben or Bradley you'll know how capable they are at what they 
do.  As Eben is quoted to say in the page that you mention at the 
register... it's likely that this will come out as a violation of the 
GPL.  Wouldn't be surprised if it happened that way.

We'll get something back from this case soon I suppose.  This is 
something of a departure from the situation where Eben sits quietly 
in a corner saying not much at all.   He doesn't normally get 
involved with this kind of thing.

Thanks


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Richard
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