re gpl, i think you should have a read of http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
specifically the section: ------------------ The GPL is a license The GPL was designed as a license, rather than a contract. In some Common Law jurisdictions, the legal distinction between a license and a contract is an important one: contracts are enforceable by contract law, whereas the GPL, as a license, is enforced under the terms of copyright law. However, this distinction is not useful in the many jurisdictions where there are no differences between contracts and licences, such as Civil Law systems. The way the GPL license works is simple, if you do not agree to and abide by the GPL's terms you do not have permission, under copyright law, to copy or distribute GPL licensed software or derivative works. It does not mean that the rules of the GPL do not apply to you and that you may use the software however you like. The default is the restrictions of copyright law, not the anarchy of the public domain. ------------------ so it looks like you disagree with copyright law. good luck with that ;-) b. --- Grant Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to all, > > I have kept an eye on this thread with some interest, and whilst I am > not a lawyer I don't believe that open source licenses of any nature > would stand up in court. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
