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To: kevkrom
you support theft of IP

Not at all, you're obviously forgetting the lawsuit is from the copyleftists who want the code that someone else developed. Someone else who never gave theirs away as "free".

51 posted on 09/21/2007 1:20:04 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
Not at all, you're obviously forgetting the lawsuit is from the copyleftists who want the code that someone else developed.

No, the lawsuit is from authors who don't want their work packaged and sold by someone else without compensation. You understand that by your position, i.e., that the GPL is invalid, that since Monsoon doesn't have ANY license to use or modify the code, that the authors can essentially claim every dollar of Monsoon's revenue.

Your logic would also invalidate end-user license agreements. If that happened, there's nothing stopping me from repackaging Windows and selling it as kevkromOS at 75% off Microsoft's prices.

56 posted on 09/21/2007 2:12:48 PM PDT by kevkrom (The religion of global warming: "There is no goddess but Gaia and Al Gore is her profit.")
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To: Golden Eagle
Someone else who never gave theirs away as "free".

This company doesn't have to publish its code under the GPL. However, doing so will likely be a much cheaper option than a court injunction to cease infringement that would probably kill the business.

64 posted on 09/21/2007 3:41:50 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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