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keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope...keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope...Posted Apr 1, 2011 2:44 UTC (Fri) by paulj (subscriber, #341)In reply to: keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope... by rahulsundaram Parent article: Android and Honeycomb
I'm not a lawyer either, but that's the advice I got from legal counsel at another large US tech corporate. ;)
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keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope... Posted Apr 1, 2011 3:08 UTC (Fri) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link]
Neither of your lawyers are any more right than the other because the GPL language is vague, interpretations are shifty, and what specifically counts as a derivative work in the GPL's terms has not yet been vetted by a US court.
Which is yet another reason to avoid the GPL and the insanity it causes.</flame> :p
keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope... Posted Apr 4, 2011 1:47 UTC (Mon) by jhubbard (guest, #5513) [Link] Your comment applies to any license or contract not just the GPL. If it's not been vetted by a court, it's open to interpretation. Most people try not to end up in court. While the specific clause about derivative work may not have been cleared up yet, there was a win against Westinghouse. Don't forget all of the victories in Germany as well.
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