Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Prof. seems to be totally unaware of "Wallace v GPL"
Uh, nobody who wants to be taken seriously will sully himself by mentioning a lawsuit from a private person without legal support who is incapable of even stating a claim in multiple attempts. > and yet he notes: > > ------- > a) Competition Law > > As previously observed, the applicability and effects of competition law > depend largely on the situation (i.e., on the affected markets and the > parties' market power.)271 Thus, competition laws would probably play an > insignificant role with respect to a relationship between two individual > developers, but they could well come into play if a number of dominant > suppliers272 or purchasers273 pushed to establish the GPL as a standard > with the intent to drive "software only" companies from the market. > ------- I suppose you look up "standard" in a computer dictionary of your choice. A standard is about making criteria for subsequent creation of _independent_ copyrightable material, by coercing _agreement_ in separate pieces of software, not mere _compliance_ with copying conditions. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
