David Kastrup wrote: > > Rjack <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hyman Rosen wrote: > >> Rjack wrote: > >>> Your commitment should be voluntary > >> > >> I'm glad you have moved from seemingly meaningful but actually > >> incorrect arguments to straight insults. This will help other > >> readers realize that you are not to be taken seriously. > > > > Keep moving the goalposts away from real legal discussion concerning > > GPL enforceability Hyman. > > The GPL is certainly not enforceable.
<chuckles> Does that mean that its "automatic termination" provision is not enforceable? (BTW, I agree.) Here's the SFLC's lunatic theory on termination: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html "Many redistributors overlook GPLs termination provision (GPLv2 § 4 and GPLv3 § 8). Under v2, violators forfeit their rights to redistribute and modify the GPLd software until those rights are explicitly reinstated by the copyright holder. In contrast, v3 allows violators to rapidly resolve some violations without consequence. If you have redistributed an application under GPLv2, but have violated the terms of GPLv2, you must request a reinstatement of rights from the copyright holders before making further distributions, or else cease distribution and modification of the software forever. Different copyright holders condition reinstatement upon different requirements, and these requirements can be (and often are) wholly independent of the GPL. The terms of your reinstatement will depend upon what you negotiate with the copyright holder of the GPLd program. Since your rights under GPLv2 terminate automatically upon your initial violation, all subsequent distributions are violations and infringements of copyright." Do you have any evidence that the defendants in the SFLC moronic lawsuits have requested and RECEIVED a "reinstatement" of rights from ALL copyright holders in the busybox program? Do you realize that under SFLC's lunatic theory on termination, all those defendants are still in violation of the copyright laws, dear GNUtian dak? Let them know about that and share with us what they will tell you in response (will be something a la "kiss my ass"). regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
