David Kastrup wrote: [... Wallace vs IBM et all (plus Trolltech) ...]
> They got _permission_. The GPL is a grant of IP rights established by the copyright and patent laws, idiot. It's a contract, retard. (The patent license is implied, not express.) ----- An intellectual property license is a contract. In re: Aimster Copyright Litigation, 334 F.3d 643, 644 (7th Cir. 2003) (If a breach of contract (and a copyright license is just a type of contract) . . . ); see also McCoy v. Mitsuboshi Cutlery, Inc., 67 F.3d 917, 920 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (Whether express or implied, a license is a contract"). ----- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
