Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Apropos preemption... > > Looks like Wallace is going to end up in the Supreme Court with that.
Got some inquiries about Wallace's case off-band. Wallace's case Q&A for dummies: Q: What the fuck ... !? A: The context is property. Intangible intellectual property (rights granted under IP license). Property in short. Q: What price restrictions? A: Property price restrictions. Q: What 'price'? Define 'price'. A: Cost to obtain EXISTING property on buyer's side. Price is fixed at zero in the case of property locked in the GPL pool (e.g. Linux, the GPL part of it). Q: A GPL coder is not compensated? A: That plus administration overhead, etc. Cost required to create NEW (GPL derivative works, additions to GPL compilation works) property on seller's side. The GPL fixes the price below cost. Wallace is claiming antitrust injury from predatory pricing (pricing below cost) and says that the whole scheme is in violation of Sherman Act 1. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
