On 2006-10-05, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Merijn de Weerd wrote: >> Therefore under German law, once I accept the GPL terms, I have >> a right to redistribute GPL-licensed software. However, I can >> protest unreasonable or illegal terms in the contract > > Not according to Welte's friends at ifross/jbb (Jaeger & Co. gang). > Because, they explain, it would amount to "expropriation of the > author" and that "is not a lawful option"!!! Oh poor moronized > district court in Frankfurt.
Getting the *whole license* annulled and then expecting the right to continue using the software would amount to expropriation. I was however talking about getting *one clause* annulled for being an unreasonable demand. > http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise15.html > (II.K. Misuse Of Copyright) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why do you bring up a US doctrine when we're talking German civil law on author's rights? It's not going to impress a German judge. > http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2003/20030826.asp > (3rd Circuit Breaks New Ground on Copyright Misuse) Why do you bring up US caselaw when we're talking German civil law on author's rights? It's not going to impress a German judge. Merijn -- Remove +nospam to reply _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
