From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
Cc: Svein Ove Aas <svein.ove@aas.no>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL
Date: 30 Jun 2003 18:22:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1056993723.17590.3.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10306292053480.2711-100000@master.linux-ide.org>
On Llu, 2003-06-30 at 05:07, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> Where is Dell's Head Quarters?
> Please goto your local justice and get a UK ruling for a US Corporation.
> What gives you the right to pursue in court GPL for materials you do not
> have copyright ownership? I use this loose in this case because you now
> have copyright context in the material in question.
I don't need to. The US as a berne signatory allows non US citizens to
enforce copyright (regardless of US registration). Its one of the funny
cases where US citizens have less rights in their own country than
foreigners in some ways
Besides which if I wanted to sue Dell (and I don't) I'd do it in the UK,
our lawyers are cheaper 8)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-30 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-28 5:51 Dell vs. GPL Fluke
2003-06-28 6:12 ` Joshua Penix
2003-06-28 15:05 ` Doug McNaught
2003-06-28 15:12 ` Svein Ove Aas
2003-06-28 15:18 ` Doug McNaught
2003-06-28 15:49 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-29 4:22 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-29 10:33 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-30 4:07 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 6:39 ` Miles Bader
2003-06-30 6:56 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 9:45 ` Miles Bader
2003-07-09 23:28 ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-10 2:48 ` Miles Bader
2003-07-10 14:41 ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-10 15:05 ` Gene Heskett
2003-07-10 15:20 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-07-10 15:52 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-07-10 19:04 ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-10 19:22 ` OT: " Dana Lacoste
2003-06-30 15:49 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 16:54 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 17:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 18:28 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 20:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 20:44 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 21:25 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-30 21:34 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01 5:03 ` vlad
2003-07-01 5:27 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01 12:50 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-06-30 20:55 ` Trever L. Adams
2003-06-30 20:44 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2003-06-30 20:48 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01 5:53 ` Anders Karlsson
2003-07-01 6:56 ` jw schultz
2003-07-01 7:21 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-01 15:38 ` Trever L. Adams
2003-07-01 13:17 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-07-01 15:36 ` vlad
2003-07-01 16:05 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-01 16:45 ` Trever L. Adams
2003-07-01 17:45 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-09 23:24 ` Thomas Dodd
2003-07-01 12:46 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-06-30 17:22 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-06-30 17:37 ` Andre Hedrick
[not found] ` <3BZo.5iM.27@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-06-29 14:04 ` Florian Weimer
2003-06-28 18:54 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-29 17:47 ` Fluke
2003-06-29 17:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-29 4:16 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-29 11:49 ` Fluke
2003-06-29 21:45 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 4:01 ` ahorn
2003-06-30 4:10 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 6:59 ` ahorn
2003-06-30 8:29 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 8:29 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-06-30 8:44 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 5:59 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 6:57 ` ahorn
2003-06-30 7:39 ` Anders Karlsson
2003-06-30 8:24 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 9:02 ` root
2003-06-30 9:17 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-30 15:57 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-30 4:23 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-14 20:35 ` Fluke
2003-06-29 14:24 Ricardo Galli
2003-06-29 19:50 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-29 19:58 ` Ricardo Galli
2003-06-29 20:21 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-06-29 20:42 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-29 20:57 ` Russell King
2003-06-29 21:21 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-06-30 23:14 ` David Weinehall
2003-06-29 20:02 ` Matthias Schniedermeyer
2003-06-29 20:54 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307020931260.1400-100000@humbolt.us.dell.com>
2003-07-02 16:25 ` Andre Hedrick
[not found] <20030715191651.GA6946@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu>
2003-07-17 3:15 ` Fluke
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