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SubjectRe: Fw: Annoying GPL issues
On Fri, 21 May 1999, Jeff Merkey wrote:

> Our attorneys have reviewed the GPL language, and to be honest, it has
> about as many holes in it as Jed Clampet's Cabin on the Beverly
> Hillbillies. The wind blows right through it. Copyright infringement
> claims seem to be the only relief available, but how do you show a
> damages case when you are giving the code away for free? The answer
> is that you really cannot.

Talk to RMS about it - his email is rms@gnu.org. This isn't the right
place to discuss issues of this nature.

I understand his wife is a lawyer.

Cheers,
Alex
--
"The bible was written by the same people who thought the world was flat!"

http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk


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