AndreE, you have to prove your (fake) quote

Posted May 22, 2011 14:08 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048)
In reply to: AndreE, your reading comprehension is your problem, not mine by AndreE
Parent article: Kuhn: Clarification on Android, its (Lack of) Copyleft-ness, and GPL Enforcement

You're making things worse this way. You claimed that I claimed "the GPL hasn't been tested in court". But I never said or implied that. It's not me who has to prove anything here. You came up with a TOTALLY FAKE QUOTE and called it "disingenuous". Don't manufacture fake quotes. I don't have to prove it's a fake quote. You have to prove that I said that.

AndreE, you have to prove your (fake) quote

Posted May 22, 2011 14:14 UTC (Sun) by AndreE (guest, #60148) [Link] (4 responses)

Yes, now I see the reply below. You didn't say that the GPL was untested. I apologize for that.

Are you suggesting that being "relatively untested" is problematic for the GPL?

AndreE, you have to prove your (fake) quote

Posted May 22, 2011 14:15 UTC (Sun) by AndreE (guest, #60148) [Link]

'rather untested'

Thanks for clarifying this

Posted May 22, 2011 14:19 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link] (2 responses)

I appreciate your clarification. I was really upset because it's hard to have any reasonable discussion on these issues if there's a need to deal with misattributions.

To answer your question about whether "rather untested" is problematic for the GPL, I don't think it's a reason not to use the GPL or not to use GPL'd program code. It is, however, a reason not to place blind faith in persuasive authority (i.e., luminaries like Torvalds) in connection with untested aspects of the GPL, especially the copyleft borderline dispute.

Thanks for clarifying this

Posted May 22, 2011 14:52 UTC (Sun) by AndreE (guest, #60148) [Link] (1 responses)

Right, I read the whole thread (it's late here). I agree about your point about persuasive authority, but I don't really find it a compelling revelation about the uncertain aspects of the GPL, for the reason I stated above.

However, I realise you were responding to someone's assertions, and not actually highlighting it as your own particular point of issue with the GPL.

Perhaps I should indeed take a comprehension test...

Thanks for clarifying this

Posted May 22, 2011 14:56 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link]

By now it's clear what I said and what I didn't say. I for my part don't have any issue with the GPL. In fact, MySQL's GPL-based business model worked out very well and I (re-)stated my pro-GPL views last August.