Re: http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/22/1653214/FSF-Uses-Android-FUD-To-Push-GPLv3
[Posted August 24, 2011 by corbet]
| From: |
| Armijn Hemel <armijn-AT-uulug.nl> |
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| legal-AT-lists.gpl-violations.org |
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| Re: http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/22/1653214/FSF-Uses-Android-FUD-To-Push-GPLv3 |
| Date: |
| Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:47:24 +0200 |
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| <4E52B24C.9020408@uulug.nl> |
On 08/22/2011 09:37 PM, Thomas Charron wrote:
> So*each time* you download the software, you receive a brandy new license
Some organisations disagree with this and say the license has to
explicitely be reinstate according to GPLv2 section 4.
I've talked to quite a few lawyers worldwide and they all think that
downloading the software will give you a new license, so I wouldn't be
too worried about these organisations.
armijn
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