Re: Using non-GPL libraries in a GPL program

[rjack]

David Kastrup wrote:

> Their track record in court is quite better than Terekhov's predictions.
> Moglen is paid by Columbia University to teach law.  Nobody gives a dime
> for Terekhov's legal advice.

Their track record in court, as plaintiffs, is absolutely impressive:

1. Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice.
2. Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice.
3. Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice.
4. Voluntary Dismissal With Prejudice.

Anyone out there understand the legal ramifications of a plaintiff's 
"Voluntary Dismissal With Prejudice"?

1. ROFL
2. ROFL ROFL
3. ROFL ROFL ROFL
4. ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

Sincerely,
Rjack :)

--- "A voluntary dismissal with prejudice operates as a final 
adjudication on the merits and has a res judicata effect. Harrison v. 
Edison Bros. Apparel Stores, Inc., 924 F.2d 530, 534 (4th Cir. 1991) 
(concluding that a voluntary dismissal with prejudice 'is a complete 
adjudication on the merits of the dismissed claim.')"; The Travelers 
Insurance Company v. AlliedSignal TBS Holdings, 2001 FED App. 0357P (6th 
Cir.) ---

--- "Under res judicata, a final judgment on the merits of an action 
precludes the parties or their privies from relitigating issues that 
were or could have been raised in that action. Under collateral 
estoppel, once a court has decided an issue of fact or law necessary to 
its judgment, that decision may preclude relitigation of the issue in a 
suit on a different cause of action involving a party to the first 
case."; San Remo Hotel v. San Francisco, 545 U.S. 323 (2005), fn. 16 ---