[wellylug] GPL Licence

[jumbophut]

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:14:28 -0700 (PDT), Wood Brent wrote:
> "Making source code available" hinges on the legal definition of both making &
> available. In NZ. Lawyers get paid to debate such things. The only test is a
> legal precedent. Any thing else is an untested opinion, prob worth about what
> you paid for it :-)
> 

Strictly speaking, you are right.  This is one reason that the
European system of justice doesn't suck as much as ours; they place
less weight on precedent, which one rogue judge can create early in a
law's existence, and more on the wording of the law.

But, despite the fact that the law can be an ass, the opinion of the
folks who drafted the license (GNU) carries a fair amount of weight, I
should think.

-- 
Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')