> I haven't looked into what Harald Welte did, but I'd be surprised if someone > tried following suit in America and had as much success.
One of the distinct advantages of German law over the US system (and to a large extent the UK system its based upon) is that German law favours justice over money. > > AFAIK there haven't been any court rulings on this issue, and it could > > even be that courts in different countries will decide differently. > > Agreed. That in theory shouldn't happen as the conventions on copyright are supposed to stop that mess occuring. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
