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On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Pat St. Jean wrote:
> Ahhh... That helps, it makes more sense now...
HTH.
> >I didn't have to have my attorney read the GPL before I agreed to it,
> >because the GPL is unambiguous. It says, "You are allowed to use, modify,
> >and redistribute in original or modified form." It doesn't say anything
> >is 'understood'. It assumes the end user understands nothing at all, and
> >then proceeds to spell it out.
>
> Yep, definitely a well written license. I don't agree with some of it,
> but that's a MUCH different discussion...
That's right. Regardless of whether you'd license *your* software under
the GPL, when you *use* GPL software, you know exactly what you're getting
into in a legal sense.
> $200/hr?!?!?! You're getting off cheap! Seriously.
For a general-purpose attorney, $400 an hour might be more realistic.
I've heard contract attorneys are cheaper.
> But look at it this way. If there is doubt, even $400 an hour is better
> than the judgement you're likely to have to pay if you do violate the
> terms...
Yes, but if you're an engineering student and that's $400 that you won't
be using to pay your tuition next semester and you don't have any money
to pay a settlement with the vendor, it might be better to employ the
ten-foot pole defense and just not use the software.
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