IP: Judgment Day for the GPL? - Determining the Legality of the GPL

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 09:38:30 -0700
>From: "Tim O'Reilly" <tim@oreilly.com>
>To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu
>Subject: Judgment Day for the GPL? - Determining the Legality of the GPL
>
>Good article, not just for the news value shown in the quote below, but
>because it gives a good summary of the legal issues around the
>enforceability of the GPL.  If you don't know what privity means, you
>should read this article.
>
>http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/2000/1/
>
>"This summer could be a lot hotter than usual--not because of global
>warming, which may or may not
>be taking place, but because of a lawsuit which may or may not be taking
>place.
>
>"Before summer's end, a long-awaited court test of the GNU General
>Public License may be filed, says
>Eben Moglen, professor at the Columbia University Law School and general
>counsel to the Free
>Software Foundation."
>
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