On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumple...@gmail.com> wrote: > As such, you can't rely on what you quote above. The only way is an > exception statement to the GPL and even then that would need to be very > carefully worded. In all this you really need a lawyer to look at the > situation and draft that exception. If that hasn't been done and some legal > evidence provided to show that the way the exception is done is valid and > will stand up in a court of law, it is very easy to see why companies, who > are going to be very risk averse, would be hesitant to use software that > relies on the GPL but with some sort of stated exception where the latter is > of unknown validity and with no legal precedent to support it. > Graham
You keep forgetting that 1. such an exception exists, and 2. Massimo is the only person that can exercise GPL in this case, since all contributors specifically signed such a contract. Anyway, I've already asked GNU to advise. I'll let you know what they say. -- Branko Vukelić bg.bra...@gmail.com stu...@brankovukelic.com Check out my blog: http://www.brankovukelic.com/ Check out my portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) I hang out on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/foxbunny Gimp Brushmakers Guild http://bit.ly/gbg-group
