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Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar
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Rjack |
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Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:55:13 -0500 |
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Alexander Terekhov wrote:
"The doctrine “forbids the use of the [copyright] to secure an
exclusive right or limited monopoly not granted by the [Copyright]
Office and which is contrary to public policy to grant.” Altera
Corp. v. Clear Logic, Inc., 424 F.3d 1079, 1090 (9th Cir.
2005)(citation omitted)."
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2008cv03251/204881/52/0.pdf
This is the central flaw of the GPL license. It attempts to secure
the exclusive rights of a modifying author who accepts GPL code by
attempting to force them to license their modifications "to all
third parties" under terms of the GPL. A "viral" public copyright
license is the very definition of copyright misuse.
Sincerely,
Rjack :)
- Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/02/10
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar,
Rjack <=
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, David Kastrup, 2009/02/10
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Doug Mentohl, 2009/02/11
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Hyman Rosen, 2009/02/11
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/02/11
- Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar, diogratia, 2009/02/13