🚀 go-pugleaf

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 
> Alabama Petrofsky wrote:
> [...]
> >         According to its Preamble, the purpose of the GPL is to guarantee the "freedom to share
> >
> > and change free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users." GPL at 1. The
> >
> > Preamble goes on to explain that:
> >
> >                 To protect your rights,
> 
> It appears that it's an easy game for master Wallace. Funny... he
> already let the defendants know that he reads Nimmer. Now,
> 
> http://www.ipinfoblog.com/archives/Open%20Source%20Legal%20Issues.pdf
> 
> LEGAL ISSUES IN OPEN SOURCE AND
> FREE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION1
> RAYMOND T. NIMMER
> 
> 1 This materials have been adapted from Chapter 11 in Raymond T.
> Nimmer, The Law of Computer Technology (1997, 2005 Supp.).
> 
> -----
> C. Viral impact: unrestricted vs. copyleft software
> 
> The idea of �copyleft� license provisions is a characteristic part of
> at least a segment of the free software and open source software (FSOS)
> community.89 Indeed, it is common in FSOS to view restrictive copyleft
> provisions as the hallmark of truly �free� software, as the community
> defines that term. From the perspective of nonbelievers, however,
> copyleft is the most controversial feature of free software and open
> source software because it affects the user�s rights with respect to
> the FSOS software and may impact the user�s control of software written
> entirely by it when used in conjunction with the FSOS software.
> 
> In a stunning example of double-speak, the Preamble to the GPL
> describes the reason for such provisions in the GPL in terms of
> protecting the licensee�s rights:
> 
>                 To protect your rights,
> -----

Nimmer continued...

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While proponents refer to such restrictions as creating �free� software, 
protecting rights, persons affected or potentially affected by the terms 
tend to refer to the risk of �viral� license terms that reach out to 
infect their own, separately developed software and of improper market 
                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
leverage and misuse of copyright to control the works of other people.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Bingo.

regards,
alexander.