[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >> A German court did claim two times (although not asked) that GPL §2
> >> is most likely void.
> >>
> >> http://www.jbb.de/urteil_lg_frankfurt_gpl.pdf
> >>
> >> As the underlying law (European Copyright) is valid for more people than US
> >> copyright law, this seems to be an important information.
> >
> >If the GPL was to be ruled null and void, it would be important information
> >and very bad news for OpenSolaris, which would then have a whole lot of GPL
> >code with no permission to distribute it. Ignoring all arguments about
> >whether GPL or CDDL is better, we need both for OpenSolaris to thrive right
> >now.
>
>
> The court case appears to be about a vendor not wanting to distribute
> source and being sued. My cursory reading suggests that the judge
> found that 3rd parties have no recourse in forcing the source
> code out.
In case this is not yet known: it is impossible to force source distribution.
You only have the opportunity to stop distribution at all.
The GPL is not considered a contract but "general conditions" in court.
Jörg
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