[Asterisk-Users] SysMaster and GPL Violation

[steve szmidt]

> > It is also being used by IBM against SCO. And so if IBM attorneys think
> > it's good, there's good chance it is.


Actually my comment was not a serious "this is why" reply, it was intended as 
humerous reply to this silly discussion. (As there really is no problem with 
the soundness of the GPL.) Nor do I give a heck what any layman say on the 
subject as THAT is the real joke.

FSF has designed and used the GPL Very Very effectively without needing to go 
to court, for years. Against numerous violators. Which is really the way it 
should be. (So tight that other lawyers don't even bother to challange it in 
court.) It was designed by some very competent license attorneys and has been 
acknowledged as a very good license by other outstanding attorneys. Of which 
I don't see one single one on this list.

Listening to discussions about law by people who are not layers, which at that 
would be practicing in the appropriate areas, is like townspeople getting 
together shooting the shit. It's keeps them busy and entertained, and 
sometimes rallied up over nothing.

Since this is an area which seem to keep peoples imagination going on forever 
maybe someone should start a small server (Yahoo offers this) to discuss the 
GPL. Should be very busy and entertaining. 

Having long since gotten bored with this thread I only dipped in to indicate 
the futility of this discussion. The thread started out with a honest attempt 
to put attention on someone that appeared to be GPL violator. Digium put an 
end to the discussion but the thread refused to die. 

If someone thinks he has found a valid problem with the GPL why not DO 
something about it and send off an email to FSF. These discussions can at 
this point only result in upsetting people who buy into arbitraries 
conjugated by laymen. 


-- 

Steve Szmidt

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety 
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin