Re: Dell vs. GPL

From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Dodd <ted@cypress.com>, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>,
	Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:42 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0307101119130.1258@chaos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200307101105.08279.gene.heskett@verizon.net>

I don't think anybody is going to be able to formally
register "OSL". Do a web-search.... It's in use everywhere!!

Whatever it's supposed to be,.... isn't.

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Thursday 10 July 2003 10:41, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> >Miles Bader wrote:
> >> Thomas Dodd <ted@cypress.com> writes:
> >>>Either license would still reguire registration for enforcement.
> >>> But the _new_ license, like OSL, would "will have teeth to
> >>> defend", and stand up in court since the GPL didn't.
> >>
> >> Why?  If the court loss was due to a lack of registration, the
> >> content of the license has no relevance -- _any_ license would
> >> lose in that situation.
>
> What court loss?
>
> This hasn't to my knowledge been exposed on /.  I would have thought
> it would be all over the front page, particularly if it was a loss
> against the GPL.
>
> >Where did you get that the "loss was due to a lack of registration"
> > ?
> >
> > From Andre's 6/29 message:
> > > I am in the process of getting the formal registered copyright.
> > >
> > > I will take GPL to court and will not settle out of court.
> > > GPL will live or die in this case, I do not give a damn which way
> > > it falls.
> > >
> > > GPL wins great.
> > > GPL loses, maybe better so it can be replaced with OSL and then
> > > it gets serious because we will have teeth to defend the ideas
> > > of open source.
> >
> >Andre is formaly registering the copyright, so that the lawyers will
> >take the case. Without it, in the US at least, the case will never
> > be heard. Andre has stated this case will be heard, so the GPL will
> > be tested in court. The loss would not be related to registration.
> >
> >	-Thomas
> >
> And where can a person view this 'replacement' GPL, called OSL?
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
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>

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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