George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 September 2005 21:03, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Oh, bollocks. The social contract is with the free software community, >> not just the users. Arguing that the rights of the user are the only >> ones that matter suggests that the GPL ought to be non-free - it >> restricts the rights of users in favour of the rights of developers. >> In the vast majority of cases, choice of venue makes it more practical >> for developers to justifiably enforce their licenses. The fact that it >> has the potential to be used against users doesn't make it evil, any >> more than the fact that decss can be used to facilitate DVD piracy makes >> it evil. > > The diff is that you can not use GPL in baseless lawsuits against users > and/or > developers. Can you ? Do you risk your baseless adventure will be severely > striken back in any sane countries ? <Y/n>
If I'm willing to lie (and I'd have to be to be filing a baseless lawsuit), then yes, I can use the GPL in baseless lawsuits against users and/or developers. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
