Re: GPL Violation?

Alan Cox
2006-08-17T13:23:11Z

Ar Iau, 2006-08-17 am 14:39 +0200, ysgrifennodd Grzegorz Kulewski:
> Why does Linus and others let lawyers and courts decide in such
> (important?) thing like what is allowed in Linux (or with Linux) and what
> is not?

Because licenses are bounded and defined by the law. In the case of
copyright based rights they extend only to the thing that is copyrighted
and any derivatives so the grey area is not one the GPL could clarify
further.

Alan