Section 12 of GPL is also relevant

Section 12 of GPL is also relevant

Posted Jul 29, 2003 14:19 UTC (Tue) by chohman (guest, #5519)
In reply to: Section 12 of GPL is also relevant by stevenj
Parent article: SCO's claims have absolutely no credibility (ZDNet)

Stevenj's observation on section 12 seems correct to me; however, I am unsure that that matters.

If I am a Linux USER, and SCO wants to sue me:
a) they have no trade secrets here - they published the code
b) they have no license with me, so I suspect I can't violate it
c) in the words of Eben Moglen, who I assume understands copyright law at least a little better than the layman, I can not be sued for USING a copyrighted work.

Perhaps you can suggest some legal theory under which they may be able to sue me, but I haven't seen anyone propose one yet.

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