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schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Joachim Schrod) writes:
> In article <9BmHeB14w164w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew@mantis.co.uk (en font terribl
> > > created. The copyleft prevents people from using your code without
> > > consulting you. 
> > 
> > Yeah, but a plain old copyright notice could do the job just as well.
> 
> I doubt this. Look at TeX. ``Usually well informed sources'' told me
> that its code is used in several places (ie, in several commercial
> systems) without having the author asked for.

That's because the copyright says that anyone can use the code, is it not?

Let's be blunt about this, anyone who is going to ignore a copyright message
saying "You may not copy this code for use in software sold for money unless
you ask the author's permission" is going to ignore the GPL as well.

> copyright. Even worse, there were and are systems out calling
> themselves TeX which do not pass the trip test. This clearly
> invalidates the condition under which this trademark may be used.

So sue 'em.

>    And, please, do not tell me that the author (ie, DEK) or the
> trademark holder (ie, the AMS) could have gone to court with this.
> They are not companies like Apple with a bunch of lawyers only
> waiting for work...

Well, if the US legal system had the idea of "loser pays" it wouldn't be
so much of a problem.


mathew

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