Re: "Mad" Tony...

tony_at_aplawrence.com
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:15:27 +0000 (UTC)

Tom Felker <tcfelker@mtco.com> wrote:
>I don't think copyright law is so difficult to understand, though. And to
>the extent that it is, it shouldn't be - one of the basic ideas of a
>non-oppressive government is that people must understand the laws.
>Discussing them on Usenet doesn't compare to law schools, but it's better
>than nothing.

But discussing copyright, or having opinions on same, is entirely
different from discussing the legal challenges and responses that
might be made against the GPL.

I have opinions on copyright: we allow too much, and let it run too long.
Those things can be discussed.

But I don't know enough law to make any judgement about the legal
weakness/strength of the GPL. I have seen things here and there that
indicate some who are lawyers think it has serious problems, but
other lawyers are just as quick to refute them. Obviously I
can't weigh in with my comments: nothing I would have to say is
useful in that argument.

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