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in which case you still don't have a licensein which case you still don't have a licensePosted Dec 14, 2008 1:04 UTC (Sun) by pjm (subscriber, #2080)In reply to: Sometimes court can declare PART of the license "null and void" by khim Parent article: Free Software Foundation files suit against Cisco for GPL violations
Even if the GPL said you can only distribute this software if you do something illegal, you still wouldn't be able to distribute the software:
If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all. (§7, GPLv2)
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in which case you still don't have a license Posted Dec 16, 2008 6:54 UTC (Tue) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
Is that legal advice? You are a lawyer?
rhetorical questions Posted Jan 9, 2009 0:50 UTC (Fri) by pjm (subscriber, #2080) [Link]
Sorry I forgot to add "IANAL" until after I'd already posted that comment (LWN doesn't have a comment edit facility).
I'm not sure what k8to means by the question "is that legal advice", but I believe the answer is fairly obvious for most meanings even without the IANAL disclaimer. I think points can be made more clearly without rhetorical questions such as the above; it actually comes across a bit sarcastic, which is not conducive to helpful discussion.
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