On 4/9/2010 11:07 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
A copyright claim requires to identify PARTICULAR EXPRESSION
Yes, so?
Why don't you post here "their GPL source code"?
For what?
What "their GPL source code" are you talking about?
The source code of BusyBox. As usual, you are failing to communicate. BusyBox is a program in which the SFLC plaintiffs hold copyright. It is a work which is in constant modification, so there are many versions of it. Each modification is a derivative work of the version modified, and therefore any rights holder in a particular version is also a rights holder in all subsequent versions. The only permission to copy and distribute BusyBox comes via its license, the GPL. If defendants are copying and distributing any version of BusyBox without complying with the GPL, then they are infringing copyright. It may be that in some circuits, it is necessary that the rights holders have registered the specific version alleged to be infringed, in which case the plaintiffs can register that version and refile their claims, with the only effect being that they can not claim statutory damages for the infringement which occurred prior to the registration. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
