On Tuesday 07 November 2006 23:44, Marcel Mourguiart wrote: > 2006/11/7, Adrian Schröter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Two weeks of vacation and now such big inbox ;) > > > > Am Saturday 04 November 2006 14:01 schrieb Pascal Bleser: > > ... > > > > > The fact that Novell might violate the GPL if there is an IP litigation > > > case against other Linux businesses (e.g. Redhat) and if MS wins that > > > litigation case in court, it would mean that e.g. Redhat would be > > > condemned, but not Novell. > > > This is a pretty hypothetical theory, as there hasn't been any > > > successful IP litigation claim against the Linux kernel or other > > > opensource projects until now (that's what SCO tried to do). > > > > Just to clarify this (as a non-lawyer without official opinion ;): > > > > 1. It is right that it is not allowed to limit the rights of GPL > > software via patents (or in any other ways). > > > > 2. It is right that this can't get workarounded by such an agreement. > > > > But consequence is that no one (neither Novell or MS or someone else) is > > allowed to put software under GPL, if the software is protected by other > > rules (like a patent). It can not be shipped by anyone in a legal way > > under > > this license, even not by the original author. > > Let me see if i understand your logic. > > Tomorrow, Microsoft sue Pepino Linux because according to MS, they use > software with MS patents, like Samba or any other crazy patent they have. > According to you, Pepino software can't distribute GPL software any more ? > > If Pepino Linux decide to make an agreement with Microsoft and go to clean > MS bathrooms every saturday in exchange MS agree to retired the sue, that's > mean Pepino Linux can't distribute GPL software any more, because the > agreement is only for Pepino Linux ? > > Know according to you, if Pepino Linux before the sue make an agreement > with Microsoft, that says they are not going to get sue it by Microsoft > because patents, that's mean they can't distribute GPL software anymore ? > > Is this mean SUN can't distribute GPL software any more ?? > > And if the GPL software that Pepino Linux and SUN distribute are protected > _by MS patents_ and that's mean they can't distribute that's software with > the GPL license, that's mean Onion Linux can do it ? > > Sorry for my bad english, is maybe that, but all this sound like a lot bull > shit FUD
Definitely it is because of your english. You should probably read Adrian e-mail again. Hugo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
