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Re: the GPL is a license not a contract ..
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .. |
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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:16:43 +0000 (UTC) |
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In gnu.misc.discuss Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> [...]
>> > if he wants to use invalid contractual terms, he bears the risk of
>> > their use. It would violate equity and good faith if he were allowed
>> > to sue others merely on the grounds that his license terms were
>> > invalid."
>> Maybe it would. But that's somewhat hypothetical, too. The GPL is
>> valid in Germany, and this has been confirmed by a judge.
> Alan, the author of "The first-ever ruling on the legal validity of the
> GPL - A Critique of the Case" (PDF above) is also a judge. An appellate
> judge.
Oh is that right? That explains why he puts his stuff out on an Oxford
(England) University web site, does it?
> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=228
[ Snip highly relevant citation of the said judge expressing his views
on collections of horse racing results.]
> regards,
> alexander.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., (continued)
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Hyman Rosen, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract .., Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/11
- Re: the GPL is a license not a contract ..,
Alan Mackenzie <=
Doogie, go to doctor and take mad Eben with you.. (was: Re: the GPL is a license not a contract ..), Alexander Terekhov, 2009/03/11