IP: Judgment Day for the GPL? - Determining the Legality of the GPL

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 09:38:30 -0700
> From: "Tim O'Reilly" <tim () oreilly com>
> To: farber () central cis upenn edu
> Subject: Judgment Day for the GPL? - Determining the Legality of the GPL
>
> Good article, not just for the news value shown in the quote below, but
> because it gives a good summary of the legal issues around the
> enforceability of the GPL.  If you don't know what privity means, you
> should read this article.
>
> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/2000/1/
>
> "This summer could be a lot hotter than usual--not because of global
> warming, which may or may not
> be taking place, but because of a lawsuit which may or may not be taking
> place.
>
> "Before summer's end, a long-awaited court test of the GNU General
> Public License may be filed, says
> Eben Moglen, professor at the Columbia University Law School and general
> counsel to the Free
> Software Foundation."
>
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