Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:49:54 +0200 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: 463 kernel developers missing! |
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David Schwartz wrote: > I think it's terribly bad manners to submit something to a GPL project and > then complain when someone else uses it the way they want to. ... > Enforcing data protection laws to restrict rights granted under the GPL is > no different from enforcing an EULA to do ths same thing.
It's not the same thing, by far. EULA = "end user license agreement"; while "data protection law" is... law. Obviously, licenses (contracts) must not be unlawful.
PS: You may use a GPL'd program any way you want --- although not for unlawful purposes. But that's not a matter between you and the copyright holder, it's between you and the law.
PPS: SCM metadata are not part of the program. The DCoO states that the personal data submitted along with the contribution may be redistributed "consistent... with the open source license(s) involved", but it isn't discussed whether other terms of the licenses, notably those on modification and derivatives, apply to the data supplied for the certificate of origin. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- -=== ====- http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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