Re: law question

[Emanuel Berg]

Christopher Dimech wrote:

> The GPL was found to be an enforceable set of copyright
> terms (a license) in Jacobsen v. Katzer. What has changed
> now is that for the purposes of the court, the GPL is both
> a license, which can be enforced through a claim of
> copyright infringement, and a contract, which can be
> enforced through a claim of breach of contract (Artifex v.
> Hancom). You can allege both in your court claim in a single
> case, and fall back on one if you can’t prove the other.
> Thus, the potential to enforce the GPL in court is
> very strong.

Case closed! :)

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