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Re: Time to put up or shut up!
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RJack |
Subject: |
Re: Time to put up or shut up! |
Date: |
Tue, 04 May 2010 16:16:53 -0000 |
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Hyman Rosen wrote:
On 4/16/2010 2:37 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
An invalid/void/unenforceable contract (the GPL) is always an
invalid/void/unenforceable contract (the GPL).
The GPL is not a contract but a copyright license, and it is
copyright infringement to copy and distribute GPL-covered works
without complying with the GPL.
-- "Whether express or implied, a license is a contract 'governed
by ordinary principles of state contract law.'"; McCoy v.
Mitsuboshi Cutlery, Inc., 67. F.3d 917, (United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1995) --
-- "Although the United States Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 101-
1332, grants exclusive jurisdiction for infringement claims to the
federal courts, those courts construe copyrights as contracts and
turn to the relevant state law to interpret them."; Automation by
Design, Inc. v. Raybestos Products Co., 463 F.3d 749, (United
States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2006) --
Sincerely,
RJack :)
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, (continued)
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!,
RJack <=
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Time to put up or shut up!, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04