From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268791AbTGJCe3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:34:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268794AbTGJCe3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:34:29 -0400 Received: from TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]:58020 "EHLO TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268791AbTGJCe2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:34:28 -0400 To: Thomas Dodd Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andre Hedrick Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL References: <3F0CA535.8030708@cypress.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop From: Miles Bader Date: 10 Jul 2003 11:48:56 +0900 In-Reply-To: <3F0CA535.8030708@cypress.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thomas Dodd writes: > > The `copyright registration' requirements, whatever they are, would > > seem to apply equally to the GPL and whatever other `OSL' you have, so > > why on earth would some court loss related to copyright registration > > have any effect on what license people choose? > > 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. -Miles -- Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them.