Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:23:35PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> Any situation which inhibits your ability to carry out any of the GPL's
>> requirements results in you no longer being able to distribute the code.
>> I still don't see how this is any less of a practical problem for
>> users than the copyright holder being able to terminate the license.
>
>Under GNU GPL 7, you can reasonably predict what actions of yours will
>cause your license to terminate.
But actions of other people can also result in GPL 7 coming into play.
>Termination due to non-compliance is one thing.
>
>Termination due to the copyright holder's, e.g., bad case of gas, is quite
>another.
Which of these are patent infringement allegations closer to?
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