From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268099AbUGWWAL (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:00:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268101AbUGWWAL (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:00:11 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:51885 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268099AbUGWWAG (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:00:06 -0400 X-Authenticated: #4512188 Message-ID: <41018A66.4010309@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:00:06 +0200 From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040710) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Bunk CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] German court says the GPL is effective References: <20040723212423.GQ19329@fs.tum.de> In-Reply-To: <20040723212423.GQ19329@fs.tum.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Bunk wrote: [snip] | It's quite nice to hear that a court has decided that the GPL is | enforceable under German law. | [1] http://www.jbb.de/urteil_lg_muenchen_gpl.pdf | Well, actually I am not sure whether it says it. Unfortunately I don't know the English terms. As far as I have understood it: This was just a "quick" decision making, a "real" court case comes later. So far the court finds it reasonable to enforce the cease and desist letter until the final decision comes, as the "probability" is high, that the GPL is compatible with German laws and even if not, the company wouldn't be allowed to use the GPLed software. bye, Prakash -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBAYpmxU2n/+9+t5gRAqTjAJ93fR5uTIRjuHm0jQkfk8bTAGppTwCcCnjt 3AZo/Vmt8ooeFs4izDTuY+E= =Oa1e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----