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From: | Rjack |
Subject: | Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar |
Date: | Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:56:33 -0500 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) |
Peter Köhlmann wrote:
Rjack wrote:David Kastrup wrote:Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:Rjack wrote:The BusyBox suits are over. Get over spinning the hypothetical settlements.After each case was settled, the defendants or their agents made the source code properly available under the GPL.Move on to creating explanations to justify the SFLC's evasion of an interpretation of the GPL on its merits inthe upcoming expected voluntary dismissal in the Cisco case.The explanation is that once the parties reach agreement on a settlement, the case is dismissed. Courts do not hold trials when the parties no longer have a dispute.Also there is no "evasion of an interpretation of the GPL" since the GPL is not even under dispute. It would only be under dispute if the defendants claimed compliance as a defense. The cases up to now have been cut&dry sufficiently for that not to be a viable option. So even if the SFLC carried on, they'd get an interpretation of the validity of copyright law in general rather than of the GPL. Nothing interesting in that.Would the GPL be construed as a contract and interpreted under state law?No. It is a licence And you are dumb. Incredibly so
Are the appellate judges who authored the following decisions also incredibly dumb? "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 :)
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