Obviously because your making a false assumption on their behalf that using copyright for copyLEFT is already an established right. But it’s not, this is according to reports actually the first case where Stallman’s license is being tested by a US court, so I don’t assume the leftists are going to win, nor do I claim they have rights which don’t exist yet. Being generally opposed to leftists, I hope they get creamed. My right.
Simple yes or no answer to this please:
You are hoping that the intellectual property of two individuals, Erik Andersen and Rob Landley, (specifically, copyrighted software developed by those two individuals) can be appropriated without compensation by the company known as Monsoon Multimedia Inc., solely because you dislike the author of the license that they used on their own software?
Just a yes or no, please, no temporizing or rationalizing.
Copyleft is not a right, nor have I ever alluded to it as such. Copyleft is a licensing principle which was in practice long before the term was coined. The right I speak of is Copyright which allows the holder to license their material under any license that does not violate contract law.
There is a reason that this has not been in court, every time the fsf goes to a company who violates the license and point it out that company and, presumably, their legal team realise the have to comply (CISCO ring any bells)? his is according to reports actually the first case where Stallman’s license is being tested by a US court
Yes they are going to test the license, not copyright itself. I have little doubt the GPL will be upheld ans *nobody* has ever given a solid legal reason it should not be. You have to prove the GPL violates contract law in order to invalidate it and unless you can point at a particular aspect of copyright law it violates I have yet so see one.