gnupic: gpal fork
Subject:
Re: gpal fork
From:
"Kevin L. Pauba" ####@####.####
Date:
8 Mar 2004 13:28:49 -0000
Message-Id: <404C6D58.7020102@cox.net>
IANAL, but I think the interpretation of the GPL by the "other guy" is
against the licensing restrictions of the GPL.
Craig, you should contact the Electronic Frontier Foundation
(www.eff.org) for some guidance. The EFF agressively pursues GPL
violators and might decide to send the "other guy" a letter from their
lawyers.
Michiel Boerman wrote:
> I expect the other guy is smart enough not integrate his software with
> Craig's but call gpal as a seperate process. Not much you can do against
> that under GPL. And my guess is that Craig is not pissed off at the
> legal issue but at someone making a profit out of his efforts while
> keeping theirs for themselves.
> ...Like cycling into a strong wind for hours and then finding somone has
> been riding in your wake all the time. They havent hurt you in any way
> but still you feel like stopping at a quiet spot and breaking all their
> bones (if they have any)
>
> Michiel
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2004, at 7:48 AM, j_post wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 07 March 2004 08:26 pm, Craig Franklin wrote:
>>
>>> We won't have access to their sources.
>>> GPL will be satisfied.
>>>
>> Those two statements contradict. Unless there's more to the story than
>> you've
>> presented, the person in question will be violating your copyright.
>> Time to
>> see a lawyer ;-)
>>
>> JP
>>
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