Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system

To: "Andrew Donnellan" <ajdlinux@gmail.com>
Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: cdrtools - GPL code with CDDL build system
From: Måns Rullgård <mru@inprovide.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:13:34 +0000
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"Andrew Donnellan" <ajdlinux@gmail.com> writes:

> Why is he quoting the GPL *preamble*? Preambles aren't supposed to
> have legal effect, are they?

I guess JS is as thoroughly confused about legal matters as he is
about device naming.

> (Interesting looking at the case of the preamble question in
> Australia's 1999 constitutional referendum - the 'no' case says that
> the preamble could have had legal effect.)

Could you elaborate on this, or provide some pointers?

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com

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