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Re: What is source ?
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Alexander Terekhov |
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Re: What is source ? |
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Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:25:38 +0200 |
Tim Smith wrote:
>
> In article <85d5bd61wr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>, 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.
In dak's damaged brain there is no contract/promises made by (initial)
GPL licensor that GPL licensees and subsequent GPL (sub)licensors can
rely on to fulfill their GPL obligations. He's a clinical case.
regards,
alexander.
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