On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 08:48:19PM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote: > People only go to court if they think they can invalidate > the license - it's a testiment to the GPL that so few > actions actually make it that far. > > Eventually someone will make similar mistakes with GPLv3 > that were made with GPLv3 and it'll end up being enforced > by a court, just as GPLv2 was. But I hope that isn't with > Samba - court cases are exhausting for everyone involved.
If I may comment, this bit of the message seems a bit cavalier. Yes, it may be that someone goes to court "if they think they can invalidate the license", but it is just as likely that a court case results when two parties disagree about what a particular license (or contract, or whatever) actually requires. In such cases, it can be stipulated that there is a misunderstaning on the part of at least one of the parties, but which of the parties is indeed 'misunderstanding' is for the court to decide. The goal of a legal action is to enforce one party's interpretation of the license; it the court that decides whether that interpretation actually -is- enforceable. And this is why some (people, companies, etc.) like to have a judgment by the courts: because there is then an official, legally "correct" and enforceable interpretation. -- greg byshenk - [email protected] - Leiden, NL -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
