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RE: GPLv3
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'nanae'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:24:07 +0100
- Subject: RE: GPLv3
- References: <20070703070915.GA22925@calimero.vinschen.de> <4C89134832705D4D85A6CD2EBF38AE0F0109800F@PAUMAILU03.ags.agere.com>
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On 05 July 2007 14:17, Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> See [http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd/] for the
>> precise Open Source Definition referenced above.
>>
>> Even if the license is not approved, the above definition sets the rules
>> against which the license is measured.
>
> Hmm, I wonder what a lawyer might be able to make out of
> item 5 (No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups) wrt
> GPLv3. It shouldn't be hard to convince those uneducated,
> uninformed, layman juries that they're discriminating
> against DRM providers' lawyers. :-)
>
> gsw
Quirk objection! Assumes existence of 'personhood' not in evidence for
lawyers!
cheers,
DaveK
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