----- Forwarded message from Sunil Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Sunil Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bytesforall Readers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Commons Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, fossap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:21:35 +0000 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Commons-Law] GNU General Public License is valid under German copyright and contract law
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/23/1558219 Axel Metzger writes "The Munich District Court has ruled on May 19, 2004 that the main clauses of the GNU General Public License are valid under German copyright and contract law. This seems to be the first judgment worldwide proofing the validity of the most popular free software license. The ruling is a confirmation of the preliminary injunction of April 2, 2004. The new judgment gives on 20 pages the reasons for the ruling. It states explicitly that the terms of section 2, 3 and 4 of the GPL are valid under German copyright and contract law. Here is the German text of the judgment; an English translation will be available soon. The judgment comes at the right time to fight those (SCO and others) who challenge the legal validity of the GPL in Europe and elsewhere. The lawyer of the plaintiffs, Till Jaeger from Munich should be granted the Free Software Award." Thanks, àààààà -- Sunil Abraham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mahiti.org 314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA Ph/Fax: +91 80 51150580. Mobile: +91 80 36701931 Currently on sabbatical with APDIP/UNDP Manager - International Open Source Network Wisma UN, Block C Komplex Pejabat Damansara. Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights. 50490 Kuala Lumpur. P. O. Box 12544, 50782, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (60) 3-2091-5167, Fax: (60) 3-2095-2087 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iosn.net http://www.apdip.net _______________________________________________ commons-law mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/commons-law ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/