From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: stefan@marxist.se, 50446@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50446: Emacs FAQ entry "What is the real legal meaning of the GNU copyleft?" still relevant?
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:07:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1mOAPK-0003gp-VM@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a6kocspg.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:26:35 +0200)
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> > 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?
> 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).
It may not be "obsolete" but it should be replaced to refer people to
what we publish about the GPL in https://gnu.org/licenses/.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-09 3:07 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
2021-09-07 16:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-07 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-09 3:07 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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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