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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Cc: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT sourcemage.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO contrib file
  • Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:58:27 +0100

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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