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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:37:24PM -0800, Seth Alan Woolley wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:24:10PM +0100, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
> > Seth Alan Woolley a écrit :
> > >I would add that the GPL FAQ is not legally binding, either, and the 
> > >ChangeLog should suffice for what the FSF is getting at.
> > 
> > Where do we can seek for a legally binding then? I thought at least that 
> > the GPL FAQ would have been the best place to have some guidelines (if 
> > it's not legally binding).
> 
> The text of the GPL itself is the legally binding part.  Our social 
> contract is also legally binding.  legal bounds are determined by 
> guesswork by lawyers and settled in courts with precedents.  The GPL has 
> not been fully legally tested in judged court decisions, so we're at 
> "guesswork" stage.

In germany it has been confirmed to be fully valid by a court order.

[1] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2004072315554313
[2] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040725150736471

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