Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar

[David Kastrup]

"amicus_curious" <ACDC@sti.net> writes:

> "Ben Pfaff" <blp@cs.stanford.edu> wrote in message
> 87myce5s72.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org">news:87myce5s72.fsf@blp.benpfaff.org...
>> "amicus_curious" <ACDC@sti.net> writes:
>>
>>> No one takes apart complex applications in order to change
>>> them, there is no value in having all those restrictions as
>>> posed by the GPL.
>>
>> What a bizarre, incorrect claim!  I spend a lot of time taking
>> apart complex applications in order to change them.  The Linux
>> kernel is one example of a complex application that I spend a lot
>> of time hacking.
>> -- 
> Perhaps you do, but the other 10,000 people nearest you do not.

So what?  It is not uncommon that a book has one author and millions of
readers.  That does not mean that we can optimize the outnumbered author
in the process of a book's life.

The conditions of the GPL are there for the sake of the few people who
can actually make a difference.  The rest is not affected except for not
being allowed to take away that usability.

-- 
David Kastrup