Hi, > I'm a bit confused. Isn't that situation, in US jurisdiction, a > problem > with any copyleft license that would be adopted? I can do this with > gpl > software, too. I can download the linux kernel, take away the license > notices and then sell it to someone to use in a proprietary product.
No, because coypright applies to the Linux kernel, and the US law does recognize that very well. The problem arises only with stuff that is not copyrightable, such as factual data, onto which you try to add restrictions. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00.09' E008°23.33' _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/legal-talk
