On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:21, Anthony Taylor wrote: > Brett Glass wrote: > > > At 10:37 PM 2/9/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> MANY of the best programmers on GPL or GPL-like projects are commercial > >> programmers in real life. > > > > This puts them at very serious risk. > > > > Sir, > > You have made this claim many times, and asserted various lawyers have > told you it is true. Please explain the details. The GPL and LGPL > specifically cover source code, * not* algorithms. How can the act of > reading *GPL source code expose you to liability, any more than reading > a novel can prevent you from writing your own?
Apple sued Microsoft based on "Look-and-Feel". In this case, it was fortunate that Microsoft won. Lawyers are not compared to sharks for the heck of it. Sean -------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
