[Asterisk-Users] SysMaster and GPL Violation

[Martin List-Petersen]

Citat Joe Greco <jgreco at ns.sol.net>:

> > [snip]
> > 
> > >If someone believes that they are contributing software to a GPL'd
> > >software project, and does not realize that the nature of your
> disclaimer
> > >allows Digium to release their changes under a non-GPL'd license, then
> > >that is breaking with the spirit of the GPL.
> > 
> > If that is true, then the GPL is not comprehensive enough to cover its own
> 
> > "spirit", so what you are saying is that the GPL implementation is 
> > fundamentally flawed.
> 
> The GPL is fundamentally flawed in that it's never been functionally tested
> and challenged in court, and many IP lawyers believe that there are 
> challenges that it would not survive.  The fact that some lawyers may have 
> found further legal loopholes to exploit is not shocking, given the holes 
> in the current implementation.

It has been tested in city/county court in Munich (Germany) and found valid
(http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/23/1558219&tid=117), not that that
might help anybody in the US, but it is a start.
 
Kind regards,
Martin List-Petersen