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Article #2091Re: Proprietary software linked with GNU dynamic libs
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:43
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:43
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In article <slrn99tqai.1fd.sholden@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au>, Sam Holden <sholden@cs.usyd.edu.au> wrote: >The FSF would say your are. Others would say you weren't. I would suggest >contacting a lawyer for a professional legal opinion. In the end you can believe >whatever interpretation you like. If the copyright holder disagrees with you, >you may find yourself in court. Which would be good for all of us because it >would hopefully legally clarify which interpretation of the law is correct. Only if they actually take it all the way to a verdict. Aren't most court battles like these resolved by settling? But maybe that's not an option in the case of copyright infringement, since it's a criminal matter, not a civil one. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net Genuity, Burlington, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,785b2b350252884b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 1133ab,785b2b350252884b X-Google-Attributes: gid1133ab,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-01 16:44:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net.MISMATCH!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!burlma1-snr2!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net> Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,free.software.open-source Subject: Re: Proprietary software linked with GNU dynamic libs References: <t9tn10cs2b114b@corp.supernews.com> <slrn99tqai.1fd.sholden@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au> Organization: Genuity, Cambridge, MA Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <81Cn6.28$_47.11966@burlma1-snr2> X-Trace: /wLwTfrfoA2NfqN/NeFy2tJkYaTJb4ygmMBvVKwVtWOt9wy6puCOAW8N+lIl7RQw5cZSHjugioBt!a7CBp9CXNVcwQrvtX6NUUaa3Ys4NMCPVTU4dYNroYodrtuWXFyNMXbPFWuqM X-Complaints-To: abuse@genuity.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:43:48 GMT Distribution: world Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:43:52 GMT