Re: Anatomy of "GPL Enforcement" fraud

2010-02-27 Thread RJack
Alexander Terekhov wrote: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/presentations/demystifying-gpl-enforcement-using-law-uphold-copyleft regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread John Hasler
David Kastrup writes: > "My wife shredded all that stuff" is not seen as a valid defense in > other business matters, so this would be no difference. Due diligence > can be expected of business people. The most that "My wife shredded all that stuff" would get you is "innocent infringement"

Anatomy of "GPL Enforcement" fraud

2010-02-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/presentations/demystifying-gpl-enforcement-using-law-uphold-copyleft regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correla

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > http://books.google.de/books?id=q2lkquXoZwEC > See? He now reduces this to "üblicherweise", "commonly". And then > talks about the consequences _if_ the license is given in the course of > contract formation: > > http://www.boehmanwaltskanzlei.de/mehr-/vertragsrec

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > > [... There is no act of contract formation ...] > > Uh crackpot dak. > > "In den Gesetzen zum Schutz des Geistigen Eigentums lassen sich > insgesamt drei verschiedene Moeglichkeiten feststellen, wie eine Lizenz > begruendet werden kann: ers

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [... There is no act of contract formation ...] Uh crackpot dak. "In den Gesetzen zum Schutz des Geistigen Eigentums lassen sich insgesamt drei verschiedene Moeglichkeiten feststellen, wie eine Lizenz begruendet werden kann: erstens kraft staatlichen Hoheitsakts, zweiten

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread David Kastrup
RJack writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: >> On 2/26/2010 12:05 PM, RJack wrote: >>> Hyman Rosen wrote: The GPL requires that its provisions be honored as a condition of granting permission to copy and distribute a covered work. >>> >>> Back to denial already Hyman? Please identify the sectio

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: > [...] >> make source available upon request. If someone copies and >> distributes a covered work using this provision but does not >> intend to honor such requests, he is infringing the copyright > > Think of someone simply changing his mind later

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: >> >> On 2/26/2010 12:41 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: >> > Yes, HOCHBERG, District Judge, United States District Court for the >> > District of New Jersey, sitting by designation, wrote the baloney above. >> >> Crank vs. court. Court wins. > > Q:

Re: Settlements

2010-02-27 Thread David Kastrup
Hyman Rosen writes: > On 2/26/2010 10:56 AM, RJack wrote: >> Alexander and I have gone to great lengths to explain to you the >> difference between a "condition precedent" and a "scope of use" >> condition. > > The GPL requires that its provisions be honored as a condition > of granting permissio