[wellylug] GPL Licence

[Wood Brent]

--- jumbophut <jumbophut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

In the words of myself :-)

There are times when a court IS contemptible, despite this being illegal :-)

Cheers....