Doesn't protect DJB [LWN.net]

Doesn't protect DJB

Posted Dec 1, 2007 19:12 UTC (Sat) by linuxrocks123 (guest, #34648)
In reply to: Doesn't protect DJB by BrucePerens
Parent article: qmail released into the public domain

I'm interested in this case, so I'd like to know where you're getting your information.  Is it
all off of JMRI's website?  The judge's ruling did state that JMRI might have a case for
breach of contract, but the finding that a "nonexclusive license implicitly includes a promise
not to sue for copyright infringement" is certainly unsettling.  I see that JMRI has
relicensed their code under GPLv2.  Perhaps a GPLv3.1 explicitly stating that no promise to
not sue for copyright infringement is implied by the license would be a good idea?

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Doesn't protect DJB

Posted Dec 2, 2007 2:24 UTC (Sun) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link]

I've had a few short email conversations with the JRMI author, but mainly I'm going by press coverage of the case. I'm sure Eben Moglen read this finding. If it gets to an appeals court and passes there, it will have some precedential value. Right now it doesn't have that much.

Thanks

Bruce