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Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- ACT: Perens Invokes the Nuh Uh! Defense
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Alexander Terekhov |
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Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- ACT: Perens Invokes the Nuh Uh! Defense, Calls Us Names |
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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:35:52 +0200 |
http://blog.actonline.org/2007/04/perens_invokes_.html
<quote>
April 10, 2007
Perens Invokes the Nuh Uh! Defense, Calls Us Names
Following up on a piece he wrote about my recent GPLv3 analyses, Peter
Galli interviewed [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2112267,00.asp]
free software advocate Bruce Perens to get his response to the our 20
pages of legal analysis. His response can best be summed up as
Nuh Uh! and Theyre ugly! (because they have Microsoft as a member)
It is nice to know that there are a "couple of dozen" corporate
attorneys on the GPLv3 committees are constantly evaluating legal
risks. Perhaps Mr. Perens should forward my papers to them so that
they can actually read them before commenting on the validity of the
arguments.
To be honest, Mr. Perens has raised very little I can respond to. He
only dismisses the points I made in my paper as "nothing more than
words" or "bogus", but with little analysis. Perens's answers simply
do not address the main risk posed by GPLv3, as stated in the paper;
GPLv3 may be interpreted as FSF tortiously interfering with a legal
contract between two parties concerning intellectual property issues
between them. Mr. Perens cites to the case of Daniel Wallace which
was based on a predatory pricing theory under another version of the
GPL and not a group boycott theory as I was suggesting in respect of
the GPLv3.
Different facts, different law, different result.
It is also strange that he would counter my arguments - at least in
part - by referring to GPLv2. It was clearly my intent to address
issues that arise under GPLv3. Hopefully, Mr. Perens can share my
papers with the FSF legal team so that we can find ways to improve
the language and avoid these issues. These are important issues that
deserve a full analysis and airing.
</quote>
regards,
alexander.
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