From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 50446@debbugs.gnu.org, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#50446: Emacs FAQ entry "What is the real legal meaning of the GNU copyleft?" still relevant?
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 18:20:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=jHW8ohQjG0NgpyOPA3kVtW6H=moELVzU+7j=4-2oqeQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a6kocspg.fsf@gnus.org>
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> > Is the below entry in the Emacs FAQ still relevant? These days, we
> > have had several copyright infringement case involving the GPL. Could
> > we just delete the entry in the FAQ?
>
> Hm... I just skimmed
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_license_litigation
>
> and I didn't see any judgements on GPL'd software? Just settlements
> (and judgements on other licenses, like the Artistic License).
Take a look at this list, for example "Welte vs D-Link (2006)":
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Migrated/GPL Enforcement Cases
IANAL, YMMV, etc. but some of these look like court cases to me?
If we are to put anything, I think it's better to have an entry "What
is Free Software" or something of the sort, rather than defending
whether or not the GPL is even legally valid. I don't think anyone
doubts that it is mostly valid these days, do they? It's not a very
FAQ in my experience at least, but I might be wrong.
Of course, the US legal system is a sick joke so what do I know.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-07 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-07 1:11 bug#50446: Emacs FAQ entry "What is the real legal meaning of the GNU copyleft?" still relevant? Stefan Kangas
2021-09-07 15:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-07 16:20 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-09-07 16:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-07 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-09 3:07 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-09 13:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-10 3:41 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-10 6:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-13 1:17 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-08 3:27 ` Richard Stallman
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