From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: References: <87a6kocspg.fsf@gnus.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13455"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: stefan@marxist.se, 50446@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 09 05:09:45 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mOARd-0003Lb-93 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 05:09:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49668 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOARc-0000C2-9V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:09:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39134) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPy-0005tw-Dt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:50524) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPy-0008Ed-4c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPy-0004M6-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:08:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 03:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50446 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50446-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50446.163115685616686 (code B ref 50446); Thu, 09 Sep 2021 03:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50446) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Sep 2021 03:07:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33833 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPV-0004L1-2q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:07:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:50958) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPQ-0004Kh-I3 for 50446@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:07:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:42826) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPL-0007eY-3p; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mOAPK-0003gp-VM; Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:07:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a6kocspg.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:26:35 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213871 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > 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/. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)