Re: The GPL dream continues

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hyman Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it should turn out that the courts do not uphold the validity > of these licenses (which, given the JMRI case, appears unlikely), > then I believe you could shortly thereafter expect congress to > change copyright law to m

Re: The GPL dream continues

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hyman Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sun has released more Java software (the lightweight UI toolkit) > under the GPLv2, with the classpath exception. It should be Note that GPLv2 with the Cl

Re: The GPL dream continues

David Kastrup wrote: You can't retroactively change the effects of laws, > that would be acting against bad faith ("good faith" > seems an inappropriate term regarding reliance on > being able to ignore licensing conditions). Governments can do whatever they want. For example:

Re: The GPL dream continues

Hyman Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sun has released more Java software (the lightweight UI toolkit) > under the GPLv2, with the classpath exception. It should be > abundantly clear at this point that industry regards the GP

The GPL dream continues

Sun has released more Java software (the lightweight UI toolkit) under the GPLv2, with the classpath exception. It should be abundantly clear at this point that industry regards the GPL and other such licenses to be valid as written,