Re: More FSF hypocrisy

[Rjack]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> "Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> news:gQwyl.8833$qt1.3344@newsfe10.iad...
> > Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_of_the_General_Talking_Pictures_Case 
> > > http://opensource.org/docs/osd
> > > No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
> >
> > So what? The GTP case demonstrates that rights holders may establish
> > limits through clearly expressed licenses. That the limits there are
> > scope-of-use and the GPL's are source-with-distribution doesn't mean
> > that the general principle is different.
>
> Licensee's obligation to provide distributees with access to source code 
> has nothing to do with scope-of-use limitations and conditions 
> precedent. Such provision creates contractual right entitling 
> distributees to have access to source code. Breaching that provision 
> (denying that contractual right) doesn't infringe licensor's exclusive 
> rights under the copyright law.

Truer words were never spoken.