Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:21:01 -0500 From: "Pedro Fernando Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> To: brian@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SGI Donated Journalised FS Source to Linux Message-ID: <3765480D.EA3F465C@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> References: <19990614100831.6933.rocketmail@web1006.mail.yahoo.com>
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I agree with this opinion. Even when a marketing guy would recommend it, no lawyer with brain will adopt the GPL. SCO, for instance, didn't fall: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990614/ca_sco_ope_1.html However, I think I have found a fundamental flaw in the GPL (other than it's conception) that permits anyone to do whatever he wants with it. It's not the time to reveal it though...(I'd like to wait until the GPL is revised, and also a talk with a real lawyer would be useful :-) cheers, Pedro. Brian McGroarty escribió: > > The concept of linkage in offering XFS as a LKM is no different > than that for the sourceless device drivers offered by some > vendors, Creative Labs among. Presumably this has been through > their legal dept. > > Unless quite a few vendors are in for a nasty wake up call, DES > is correct below. > > Parting thought: Even if this were an issue, the GPL is still > untested in court. The concensus among many is that it won't > survive when it's eventually put to trial. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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