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Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:38:01 +0100 |
Stefan Monnier wrote:
[...]
> Right, now I wish you good luck arguing this in court where the judges have
> to *interpret* the law, which includes pesky details like "intent".
The meaning and intent of the 17 USC 109 is quite clear.
"Discrimination against proprietary software" won't work under it.
<quote author=Stallman>
In the GNU Project, discrimination against proprietary software is
not just a policy -- it's the principle and the purpose. Proprietary
software is fundamentally unjust and wrong, so when we have the
opportunity to place it at a disadvantage, that is a good thing.
The GNU Project policy, in GNOME as in the rest of the GNU Project,
is to release libraries under the GPL, except when there's a special
benefit *to our goal* from doing otherwise for some particular
library.
</quote>
regards,
alexander.
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- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
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- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Drazen Kacar, 2004/12/03
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- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Stefan Monnier, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java,
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- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Stefan Monnier, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, David Kastrup, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/12/03
- Re: LGPL reverse engineering clause & Java, Stefan Monnier, 2004/12/03
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