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Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;)
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Rui Miguel Silva Seabra |
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Re: Hey Terekhov: Wallace lost. Who'd guess.... ;) |
Date: |
Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:43:23 +0100 |
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 17:10 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Time to address this little bit of silly propaganda.
> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> >
> > One of Lex Terekhov's favorite "heroes" looses his "cause":
> >
> > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060320201540127
> >
> > Mr. Wallace's fourth Amended Complaint was dismissed and the
> > Free Software Foundation's Motion to Dismiss was granted. It's
> > the Order that tells Wallace to pay the Free Software
> > Foundation's costs. Judges do that when they'd like you to learn
> > a good lesson. It's a signal you shouldn't have brought the case
> > in the first place.
>
> That seems to be at odds with what it says in FRCivP 54(d):
>
> "... costs other than attorneys' fees shall be allowed as of course
> to the prevailing party ..."
>
> Interestingly enough, the FSF has not filed a bill of costs. And it
> appears that the 14-day deadline for doing so has expired.
>
> "... Failure to file such bill or motion or to obtain leave of Court
> for extensions of time within which to file shall be deemed a waiver
> of the right to recover taxable costs or attorney fees."
The FSF doesn't seek every penny out of a lunatic...
The horror... the horror...
News at 11pm
Rui
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