* John Pettigrew
In a previous message, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
The GPL has NEVER been tested in court. This means that until a judge ( and even appellate judges) has ruled on the legality of the GPL, it is just a 'nice agreement' between agreeing parties.
Not true. The GPL is a licence agreement that is legally binding on all parties to it - unless and until it is successfully challenged in court. Your explanation suggests that any contract is invalid unless proved in court, whereas the true situation is that any contract is valid unless proved invalid in court. Which is why people take contracts to court - to get out of restrictions that they feel are unfair or illegal.
lftp ftp.caldera.com:/> !date Sat May 17 17:51:25 EST 2003 lftp ftp.caldera.com:/> ls -la pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/RPMS/linux*.rpm -r--rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 12873965 Dec 13 2001 pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/RPMS/linux-kernel-binary-2.4.13-9D.i386.rpm -r--rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 1107223 Dec 13 2001 pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/RPMS/linux-kernel-include-2.4.13-9D.i386.rpm -r--rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 21328558 Dec 13 2001 pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/RPMS/linux-source-common-2.4.13-9D.i386.rpm -r--rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 992568 Dec 13 2001 pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/RPMS/linux-source-i386-2.4.13-9D.i386.rpm -r--rw-r-- 1 ftp ftp 964949 Dec 13 2001 pub/OpenLinux311/Workstation/RPMS/linux-source-ia64-2.4.13-9D.i386.rpm -- Patrick Shanahan Please avoid TOFU and trim >quotes< http://wahoo.no-ip.org Registered Linux User #207535 icq#173753138 @ http://counter.li.org Linux, a continuous *learning* experience