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[David Harris <cc-uk AT ukitlaw.com>]

> Then again, I suspect that not many IP lawyers (unlike me) have released
> software under the GPL and therefore understand the dynamic of open
> licensing from the other side of the fence.
You aren't the only one I too have released GPL software, though too poor to 
admit to publicly.

>As an aside, it's interesting how little respect lawyers have for IP rights 
>themselves. Most law firms have a "precedent bank" of documents which they 
>they are carried from one law firm from another as lawyers move; as lawyers 
>come across documents prepared by lawyers on the other side, they will tweak 
>them and incorporate them into their precedent;
I have to own up to this. Often though I do it just to give myself a drafting 
kickstart. This is so widely done though it will never change and I do think 
its useful, if I come across an issue I've never dealt with before a nicked 
precedent can be invaluable in avoiding making a total tit of oneself before 
a client or colleagues. Perhaps we need CC precedents?