conducting a sane and efficient GPLv3, LGPLv3 Review

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sat Aug 4 02:39:45 UTC 2007


Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> On 8/3/07, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
> [...]
>>> If that's not enough, just let Welte know about the problem - I
>>> suspect he is already fed up with getting funny judgments
>> Funnily enough, he got just the judgment he wanted and expected.
> 
> Really? <Googling...> Ha! Can't wait to enjoy reading the judgment.

Of course, I was discussing the D-Link judgment before, same as you.

> "Skype is surprised by the recent decision and believes that it has
> not acted improperly. At this time, we cannot comment further because
> Skype is considering its options in relation to appealing this
> regional judgment."

To me, that makes it sound like Skype lost, not Welte.  That's probably 
why they're appealing the judgment.  If your point is, "The Skype ruling 
isn't final yet" that much is obvious.

> (Oddly, http://www.gpl-violations.org/ says nothing about event, nor
> does http://gnumonks.org/~laforge/weblog/).

He hasn't yet published the results (this may have something to do with 
him being very busy with OpenMoko).  That doesn't make them invalid.

Matt Flaschen



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