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Re: Distributing GPL software.



On 1/23/06, Raul Miller <moth.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/13/06, Alexander Terekhov <alexander.terekhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not really. I expect that any court will ignore Moglen's drivel
> > like the Judge Saris did in the MySQL case and will interpret
> > the GPL as a contract (and in this case as a breach of contractual
> > covenant to forbear from the exercise of the statutory right under
> > 17 USC 109 and instead provide access to source code as the
> > copyright owner decrees). My argument is that it's quite easy to
> > "escape" it by NOT entering into agreement.
>
> In the case Saris ruled on, there was a signed contract.

Regarding what?

regards,
alexander.



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