Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup wrote: >> Competitors might try to sue for misleading advertising, but that's about >> it. There are no warranties, implied or otherwise, coming with GPLed >> software. The only person who has standing to sue for non-compliance is >> the copyright holder himself. As a recipient of misleadingly >> GPL-labelled, or incomplete software, you can't sue your source for >> compliance. You can only report this to the copyright holder, and he >> might consider action. > > Well, there will be no cause of action under copyright law, but > there might be under contract. When party X promises something, and > party Y detrimentally relies on that, then the doctrine of > promissory estoppel can make it so there is effectively an > enforcable contract.
If the promise is explicitly to party Y. But we are not talking about the case of an independent _announcement_ or promise, but of mislabeled software. There is no reason for party Y to rely on anything since Y can _download_ what is offered and check its suitability immediately. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
