Homer stated in post [email protected] on 8/15/11 6:30 PM:

> Verily I say unto thee that Hyman Rosen spake thusly:
>> On 8/15/2011 4:31 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
>>> http://terekhov.de/211.pdf
>>> 
>>> "Because WD has not met its burden of demonstrating that its use of
>>> the BusyBox software would not affect the value of plaintiffs'
>>> copyright..."
>>> 
>>> What the FUCK Judge SCHEINDLIN is talking about regarding "affect the
>>> value of plaintiffs' copyright..."?
>>> 
>>> Hey dak and Hyman, any ideas?&(%&^$%*^%#$@@#(PO(*_)^%&
>> 
>> Certainly. The copyright holders wish to use their exclusive rights
>> granted to them by copyright law to encourage growth of free software.
>> They do this by granting permission to copy and distribute their
>> copyrighted work only to those who comply with the GPL, in the belief
>> that such compliance accomplishes what they wish. Copying and
>> distributing BusyBox in violation of the GPL will not, in the
>> plaintiffs' opinion, encourage the growth of free software, and
>> therefore their copyright is being devalued.
> 
> You don't /seriously/ expect fascist nuts like Terekhov to understand
> "value" in terms other than money, do you?
> 
> The "value" of Free Software is its freedom, including the Freedom to
> make money from it, as Red Hat, Google and others have done, provided
> the beneficiaries extend that same freedom to others. WD took all the
> benefits, but didn't extend them to others, and so violated the GPL.

In other words: the IP restrictions were not upheld.  OK.
 
> It's not a difficult concept to grasp, unless you're the sort of thug
> that drools over monopolistic subjugation, like Terekhov.



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