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Article #75885Re: Bullshit Copyright Legends
From: A J Annala
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1989 02:45
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1989 02:45
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An essential element in preserving an exclusive right to enforce the RMS philosophy about distributing software with many strings attached will be his (or FSF's) willingness to warn and litigate against any prospective copyright violators. In essence, if RMS does not legally pursue each and every violation of the bullshit copyright that comes to his attention ... then his claim is void and unenforceable ... So, how prepared/willing are RMS/FSF to go down the legal pathway to enforcing their supposed rights? Have they sued in the past? What were the results? Can they pretend to be a tax exempt nonprofit organization while suing for profit allegedly lost as a consequence of a copyright violation? AJ Annala
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,d866477f98703040,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1989-11-03 19:08:34 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!usc!neuro.usc.edu!annala From: annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Bullshit Copyright Legends Message-ID: <21032@usc.edu> Date: 5 Nov 89 02:45:49 GMT Sender: news@usc.edu Reply-To: annala%neuro.usc.edu@usc.edu (A J Annala) Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 13 Posted: Sun Nov 5 03:45:49 1989