Hyman Rosen wrote: > > On 2/26/2010 12:08 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > Stop confusing conditions v. scope limitations v. covenants, silly > > Hyman. There is a reason why these concepts are different. > > Bluntly calling license's obligations and limitations "conditions" > > doesn't change anything (except making things worse for the > > licensor/drafter). > > <http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf> > Jacobsen argues that the terms of the Artistic License define > the scope of the license and that any use outside of these > restrictions is copyright infringement. Katzer/Kamind argues > that these terms do not limit the scope of the license and are > merely covenants providing contractual terms for the use of the > ... > The clear language of the Artistic License creates conditions to > protect the economic rights at issue in the granting of a public > license. These conditions govern the rights to modify and > distribute the computer programs and files included in the > downloadable software package. > ... > For the aforementioned reasons, we vacate and remand.
Yes, HOCHBERG, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation, wrote the baloney above. Q: If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? Judge HOCHBERG: Of course five. Abraham Lincoln: No, calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg! regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
