Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:07:29 EDT From: TM4525@aol.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence Message-ID: <1d8.2ec06bf4.2eb16811@aol.com>
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In a message dated 10/27/04 4:49:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tedm@toybox.placo.com writes: This is yet another example of the GPL license flaw. While any of the copyright holders of the Linux kernel could sue Allot, if they don't, it pretty much builds evidence that is going to help those that would argue that the GPL is uninforceable. There's been a couple of other GPL cases like this - of infringement that is being ignored. One of these days I'm going to have to gather up all these and write an article on it. ^------------- A problem with suing a company with a team of lawyers is that is will cost you a fortune, and what do you get? They have to agree not to sell it anymore? Its a pretty big project proving the validity of a license thats never really been seriously tested. You can't really claim damages if you have no intention of making money as a basic premise (and 3 times nothing is nothing). So they probably figure no one is going to do it.
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