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In article <37f2re$69b@nntp1.u.washington.edu> tzs@u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:

   Can you name any of these IP lawyers?  I've not seen any of them post to the
   net, nor do they seem to be the ones who write copyright treatises (Goldstein
   or Nimmer).  I've not found any cases that indicate my interpretation of the
   law is incorrect.  And I spent two hours today going over your post with
   my copyright profressor, and he couldn't see any legal basis for what you
   say about things not actually containing X to be distributions of X, and
   pointed me toward some cases that indicate the opposite.

Ask the FSF or NeXT for the names of its lawyers, if you like.

And ask your copyright professor why he isn't providing legal advice
to companies that would love to use it to justify shipping proprietary
versions of GNU products.

I would love to know the answers.  (I do hope you showed your professor
more than just my post -- like the GPL itself, the FSF's posted
interpretations, and such.)

If you want to have your professor actually call me and explain to me
why the GPL can't cover what it says it covers, let me know via e-mail.
I have another scenario or two I'd love to check out with him.

Meanwhile, I take it from your response that your professor not only
claims that there is no legal basis for my arguments, but that those
arguments are so far removed from reality that you can legitimately
continue publically accusing the FSF of trying to create an interface
copyright, and using its (and my) bogus legal arguments as a
subterfuge?  In other words, does your professor believe there is
no legitimacy whatsoever to these arguments, and that they'd be
laughed out of court (case dismissed), and that all other IP lawyers,
included the FSF's, know that, but aren't publically saying it?

I'd be interested to talk to the professor himself and get his
input on this.

I still suggest you actually pay $$ to hire an experienced IP lawyer
before you continue posting what I consider to be blatant
misrepresentations of the FSF's position.  Maybe you should ask
your professor, or some other legal expert, wheher that's a good
idea.
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James Craig Burley, Software Craftsperson    burley@gnu.ai.mit.edu