Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> Nonsense. Price-fixing is a voluntary agreement between parties to >> the detriment of other parties. But heeding an existing license is >> not a bilateral agreement, > > IP licenses are bilateral agreements/executary contracts.
The GPL is not bilateral since the recipient is not required to accept it. >> and everybody else is free to use and >> extend the software under the same license as everybody else. > > Making illegal price-fixing conspiracy in violation of Sherman Act > by employing unlawful licensing agreement (i.e. contract) open for > everybody to join the combination doesn't make it any less illegal. A "conspiracy" which is in the open, free for anybody and does not require signing a contract, is not much of a conspiracy. Look it up in a dictionary, preferably one with legal focus. [And another quotation barrage utterly irrelevant to the case] -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
