Wow, that was a long and interesting story. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 6:43 AM Subject: [brlug-general] Nice blog on the legal ramifications of the GPL
> Found on slashdot.org: > > Here is a good blog entry on the legal ramifications > of the GPL, and how the GPL is being used to protect > open source code against illegal use. > > Background: Maui X-Stream is a company that created a > software application using GPL licensed source code > and then sold it to the public as its own work > _without_ providing the derived source code. The > author describes how he deconstructed the application > to prove that open source applications were used to > create the offending software. > > Favorite quote: "'Open-source codes' are protected by > copyright, and with the way things are starting to go > in this country, if forced to choose between being > caught with a van full of pirated DVDs or heroin you'd > actually have to pause and think about it." > > http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000534.html > > John > > > > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: > http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
