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All too quiet coverage of seemingly important court case regarding softw


From: Lars Noodén
Subject: All too quiet coverage of seemingly important court case regarding software liability
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:37:32 +0200
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird

There is a case going on which can impact not just the copyleft licenses
but even the non-reciprocally licenses:

        "I don't think the community realizes that if the
         Ninth Circuit upholds the lower court’s ruling,
         it won’t just kill GPLv3," PureThink's John Mark
         Suhy told The Register.

        "It will create a dangerous legal precedent that
         could be used to undermine all open-source licenses,
         allowing licensors to impose unexpected restrictions
         and fundamentally eroding the trust that makes open
         source possible."

from:

"Adverse appeals court ruling could kill GPL software license"

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27adverse_appeals_court_ruling_could/

Kudos to Thomas at The Register for spotting and covering such an
important case.

The FSF, EFF, OSI, SFLC, LibrePlanet, and others have been
disappointingly quiet on the case.  It's getting a bit late.  What is
the best way to nudge the aforementioned institutions into checking the
case out and, if possible, filing an amicus brief?

/Lars



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