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Re: Sharing the GPL source code, with value addition by vendor specific


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: Sharing the GPL source code, with value addition by vendor specificto his hardware?
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:03:41 -0000
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On 10/12/2010 11:45 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
The GPL is a straightforward copyright license. Each time a court
has had an opportunity to read it, they regarded it as such.

To which federal courts are you referring?

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals:
<http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3689055814945636124>

Uh silly Hyman...

      the GPL ... is a cooperative agreement that facilitates
      production of new derivative works

The BSD agreement facilitates production of new derivative works even
more.

Your fellow crank asked which federal courts looked at the GPL
as a valid copyright license, and I responded with a number of
examples. Why are you referring to a different license?


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