Alexander Terekhov wrote: > The gang should better stop misstating the copyright act, to begin with. > But actually it doesn't really matter given that Wallace is going to put > the entire GPL'd code base into quasi public domain pretty soon anyway > (antitrust violation -> copyright misuse -> quasi public domain/copyright > impotence). http://www.ip-wars.net/public_docs/wallace_v_fsf_36.pdf
(first, obligatory IANAL) I think this is unlikely, given that the plaintiff's claim there is based on a false assertion. Quoted from your cited document, page 4: [begin quote] The GPL term 2(b) also fixes the maximum price "at no charge" for the market value of a derivative or collective computer program thus created by the pooled code. All future third parties who accept the GPL copyright license must distribute their collaborative creations at no charge. [end quote] This is not true. 2(b) says that you must *license* work you derive from GPL'ed material and distribute for free, but section 1 specifically says "You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee." There is no limit specified on the fee that may be charged. Those interested in this case may note that this is the plaintiff's *fourth* amendment of his original complaint; the judge dismissed his third amended complaint without prejudice here: http://www.internetcases.com/library/cases/2005-11-28_wallace_v_fsf.pdf Some more references are available from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Wallace_(plaintiff) -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]