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Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:09:37 +0200 |
Alexander Terekhov wrote:
>
> Oh, I gather that GNUtian dak has problems to believe that
>
> -----
> The judge recognized that "Plaintiffs Third Amended Complaint States
> a Claim Upon Which Relief can be Granted" and that "Plaintiffs
> Allegations Sufficiently Set Forth a Violation of the Rule of Reason",
> but was fooled to believe that "Plaintiff Has Not Alleged Antitrust
> Injury".
> -----
>
> It's in his ruling available at
>
> http://www.internetcases.com/library/cases/2005-11-28_wallace_v_fsf.p
http://www.internetcases.com/library/cases/2005-11-28_wallace_v_fsf.pdf
>
> Here's more:
>
> -----
> The GPL allows free access to software programs, subject to some
> limitations. This does not mean that the GPL necessarily aids
> competition as contemplated by the Sherman Act, as FSF contends.
> Instead, it could be argued that by making software available to
> consumers free of charge through a licensing agreement, the GPL
> results in reduction in output . . . [and] deterioration in
> quality, United States v. Brown Univ., 5 F.3d 658, 668 (3d Cir.
> 1993), which could be harmful to consumers. By making certain
> software programs available to users at no charge, the GPL may
> be discouraging developers from creating new and better programs
> because they will not receive compensation for their work,
> thereby reducing the number of quality programs available to
> users. This may be considered anticompetitive effect, and it
> certainly can be inferred from what Mr. Wallace alleges in his
> Third Amended Complaint. Therefore, this court finds that the
> Third Amended Complaint states a claim for violation of Section
> 1 of theSherman Act, under the rule of reason doctrine.
> -----
Note also Wallace's own (in the other case currently under appeal):
-----
Not only competitors are harmed by the GPL scheme. Consumers lose
because a lack of competition removes not just product choice but
without competitive reward the incentive to improve product quality
disappears.
-----
http://www.terekhov.de/Wallace_v_Red_Hat_2nd_ANSWER.pdf
regards,
alexander.
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- Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/06/21
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