For Approval: GPLv3

Alexander Terekhov alexander.terekhov at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 18:07:14 UTC 2007


On 9/1/07, Donovan Hawkins <hawkins at cephira.com> wrote:
[...]
> If I paid for a license and got it revoked because I violated its terms,
> nothing would stop me from going back to the copyright owner and
> purchasing another license. What is to stop you from doing the same with a
> free license (which is trivially granted without even asking)?

Right.

Basically, the recent decision by federal district court said that
Open Source licenses are bunk. Damages? Easterbrook: "Linux and other
open source projects have been able to cover their fixed costs through
donations of time."

regards,
alexander.



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