Contoh kasus lisensi yang bisa dipetik hikmahnya: Setting the Record Straight: The Free Software Foundation, the General Public License and SCO versus IBM ======================================================================== ================================
Boston, MA, USA - Wednesday, January 14, 2003 - On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) will hold a press conference at Columbia University to discuss the strengths and successes of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and to refute the claims made by the The SCO Group, Ltd. (SCO) and their counsel in their ongoing lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp (IBM). In the last few months, SCO has been sowing confusion and misinformation regarding the validity of the GNU GPL as part of their strategy to extort money from users of the kernel named Linux, which is licensed under FSF's GPL. FSF, the umpire of Free Software disputes, will respond to SCO's lawsuit and will explain how SCO seeks to inappropriately increase its own market value at the expense of the legitimate activity of the Free Software community's developers, distributors and users. This press conference is valuable to anyone interested in the state of Free Software, its licensing issues, the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, and the integrity of the GNU GPL. FSF maintains that the SCO lawsuit is not only without merit, but that SCO have themselves benefited from distribution the kernel named Linux under GPL, even as they question that license's validity. Indeed, Professor Eben Moglen, FSF Board Member and General Counsel, has pointed out that SCO has distributed Linux under GPL, even after filing their lawsuit. SCO has therefore published its supposed trade secrets and copyrighted material under a license that gives everyone permission to copy, modify, and redistribute that software. Professor Moglen will head the press conference and will discuss both the strengths and successes of the GPL -- the most popular and widely used Free Software copyright license. As the lawyer behind most successful enforcement efforts of GPL, and a nationally recognized authority on alternatives to contemporary copyright and patent law, Professor Moglen is in an unique position to discuss the history of the GPL, the FSF's continued success in obtaining compliance with the GPL, and why SCO's attack on the users of the kernel named Linux and the GPL is both unprecedented and without merit. This press conference offers an excellent opportunity to understand the history and intent of the GPL, its importance in the IT community and the weakness of SCO's current lawsuit against IBM. Professor Moglen will be available to answer questions both during and after the press conference. -----Original Message----- From: Indra Wahyudi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 Januari 2004 13:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tanya-jawab] Masalah Lisensi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear All, Saya sedang membuat program yang menggunakan berbagai macam komponen dengan lisensinya sendiri-sendiri. Saya kebingungan tentang lisensi mana yang akan saya kenakan pada program saya, atau saya dapat membuat lisensi sendiri untuk program saya atau bagaimana yah? Can you please tell me what licenses I may use? Salam, - -- Indra Wahyudi ODP: http://kaliurang.dhs.org/~pingu/ PGPKey ID: 9993D330 Key Server: http://pgp.mit.edu/ Key Fingerprint: BAC4 1190 8C78 4B53 EE1A F816 0A68 93FA 9993 D330 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFABjGDCmiT+pmT0zARAuieAJ9jFe49r6hdOFRTklLOok2WqIuFuwCeICS0 U63U0jKD/hcLVL9wcIl/MGk= =dPrg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe: kirim email kosong ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arsip dan info di http://linux.or.id/milis.php FAQ milis http://linux.or.id/faq.php -- Unsubscribe: kirim email kosong ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arsip dan info di http://linux.or.id/milis.php FAQ milis http://linux.or.id/faq.php
