EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge wrote: [...] > The GPL and open-source software have nothing to fear > from the antitrust laws.
Wallace contended on appeal that "The GPL is a contract to make a contract -- a recursive meta-contract. Although the GPLs recursive term (Ex A (GPL), §2(b) at 2] that purports to require all future third parties to use the same license terms is both contractually unenforceable and preempted by 17 U.S.C. §301, these matters of law do not invalidate its role under antitrust analysis". EASTERBROOK never ruled on contract enforceability or preemption. The code will still be quasi public domain. "The GPL and open-source software have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws." Sort of. LOL. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
