<quote who="Rick Welykochy">
> Hmmm ... has there ever been a test case regarding the GPL?
SA: No.
LA: There hasn't been a test *case*, but there have been quite a number of
public and private resolutions.
> If legal action is required, who is the plaintiff? The author of the GPL'd
> software?
Yes.
> How would that author take on a behemoth like MS in the courts?
RMS, Mr. Moglen, and the FSF would be there faster than a time machine. I
can almost guarantee that a few of the Free Software companies would donate
heavily if the case looked like being a 'GPL clincher'. It would be cheaper
for them to make sure the GPL is legally binding than deal with... Can you
imagine the havoc caused if the GPL wasn't proven bulletproof?
> How would the courts view the GPL?
Why has there always been such interest and speculation on this very
thought? No one knows for sure.
> Hopefully, copyright law ultimately protects the copyright owner according
> to the licence he or she has published alongside their work of art.
> Ooooooooops! Does that mean B-E-E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E_E-E-E-R?
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