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Re: German-GPL victorious in Frankfurt district court
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Merijn de Weerd |
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Re: German-GPL victorious in Frankfurt district court |
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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:10:55 +0200 |
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On 2006-10-05, Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:
> Merijn de Weerd wrote:
>> Therefore under German law, once I accept the GPL terms, I have
>> a right to redistribute GPL-licensed software. However, I can
>> protest unreasonable or illegal terms in the contract
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> Not according to Welte's friends at ifross/jbb (Jaeger & Co. gang).
> Because, they explain, it would amount to "expropriation of the
> author" and that "is not a lawful option"!!! Oh poor moronized
> district court in Frankfurt.
Getting the *whole license* annulled and then expecting the
right to continue using the software would amount to expropriation.
I was however talking about getting *one clause* annulled
for being an unreasonable demand.
> http://digital-law-online.info/lpdi1.0/treatise15.html
> (II.K. Misuse Of Copyright)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Why do you bring up a US doctrine when we're talking German
civil law on author's rights? It's not going to impress
a German judge.
> http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2003/20030826.asp
> (3rd Circuit Breaks New Ground on Copyright Misuse)
Why do you bring up US caselaw when we're talking German
civil law on author's rights? It's not going to impress
a German judge.
Merijn
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