>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tim> [Martin v. Löwis]
>> Also, I firmly believe that the FSF would *not* sue the PSF,
>> but instead first ask that the status is corrected.
They would ask first. That's what they did in the case of Aladdin
Ghostscript's use of readline.
Tim> I'd say that's almost certain. Like any organization with
Tim> something fuzzy to protect, the FSF has far more to lose than
Tim> to gain by daring a court to rule on their beliefs. Of
Tim> course the PSF is in a similar boat: both parties would view
Tim> a lawsuit as a rock-bottom last resort.
Aladdin took a position similar to Martin's, and only yanked the
offending Makefile stanza when the FSF called them and said "we're
ready to go to court; are you?"
Tim> I wouldn't yank it just to avoid a theoretical possibility
Tim> that the FSF might complain someday.
It's not theoretical; it's almost identical to the Aladdin case.
Legally the PSF is, if anything, in a weaker position than Aladdin
(which did not distribute the module that interfaced to libreadline in
Ghostscript, but merely a makefile stanza that used it if it were
found).
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