Re: Licensing, was elvis package
At 13:04 27/04/98 -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
>Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il> wrote:
>> >> As an aside, I am beggining to think that we need a better license,
>> >> from a legal perspective, because with all the issues of shared
>> >> libraries, "essential parts", and who knows what else, if someone
>> >> would really try to challange the GPL in a court, I don't know if it
>> >> would stand up.
>
>At 04:14 PM 4/26/98 -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
>> >FUD.
>
>Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il> wrote:
>> Why is this FUD?
>
>Only the courts get to decide what would stand up in court. [And
>then usually in a limited context.]
>
>"Giving up on the GPL before it's been tested because you don't know if
>it would stand up in court" is explicitly based on doubt, uncertainty
>and/or fear.
Actually, IMO, if I would be the author of a piece of a code, a license I
have a doubt in, is not a good license. When I license my software, I want
their to be no doubts on what's legal and not legal to do with it. I
license that causes doubts, IMO, has problems.
Shaya
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