Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar

[Thufir Hawat]

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:55:35 -0500, Rjack wrote:

>> Any copying beyond that point is copyright infringement -- the GPL
>> itself says so.
> 
> The court will ignore what the GPL says and instead rely on what The
> Copyright Act of 1976 (As Amended) says in light of prevailing federal
> and state law.


which imposes steep penalties per infraction.  To avoid those steep 
penalties a settlement will be agreed to.  The settlement?  Follow the 
GPL.


-Thufir