Re: Dell vs. GPL

[Miles Bader]

Thomas Dodd <[e-mail]> writes:
> > The `copyright registration' requirements, whatever they are, would
> > seem to apply equally to the GPL and whatever other `OSL' you have, so
> > why on earth would some court loss related to copyright registration
> > have any effect on what license people choose?
> 
> Either license would still reguire registration for enforcement. But the 
> _new_ license, like OSL, would "will have teeth to defend", and stand up 
> in court since the GPL didn't.

Why?  If the court loss was due to a lack of registration, the content
of the license has no relevance -- _any_ license would lose in that
situation.

-Miles
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