On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:46:02 -0400, David wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On 08/05/2013 12:16 PM, luke.leighton wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Ian Stirling > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 04.08.2013 17:40, Joseph Heenan wrote: > >> > >>> Still, albeit probably not violating the GPL, removing the > >>> original copyright statements does feel very wrong, but I have no > >>> idea what law if any it violates. > >>> > >>> Joseph > >> > >> > >> As I understand it - it means your code isn't licensed. (GPLV2) > >> > >> '4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the > >> Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any > >> attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the > >> Program is void, and will automatically terminate your rights > >> under this License.' > >> > >> '0. This License applies to any program or other work which > >> contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be > >> distributed under the terms of this General Public License' > >> > >> If you modify it, and remove the copyright - you have no licence > >> to the subsequent code - even if you don't distribute it, making > >> the distribution clause irrelevant. > > > > now why the fuck didn't his defense lawyer spot that at the time, > > and have the case thrown out, on the basis that goldman sachs were > > criminally infringing copyright?? > > > > they even *said* in court that the two identical pieces of code > > were held up, side-by-side, one criminally-infringing of copyright > > by having the original authors copyright removed, and the original > > showing the correct authors. > > > On possible reason: the code might not have been GPL. (It's not > clear from the article what library it was or what license it had.) > > But it's also possible that his attorney didn't totally understand > open source licenses and their implications. (Or didn't think that > the judge or jury would.) > > DR ..either way, he didn't do his job. Make him a co-defendant next time? ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
