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GPL May Not Work In German Legal System

Posted by timothy on from the well-the-german-law-forest-at-least dept.

erbse2 writes "It may be that the (L)GPL can not be (fully) enforced under German jurisdiction. This is at least the conclusion professor Gerald Spindler of the jurisprudential faculty of the University of Goettingen came to when he examines the Legal questions of the open source software (It's long, it's complex and it's in German and it's written by a professor, so don't expect to understand anything, if you are not a German lawyer). Heise News has the article in German, however, the fish may be with you. IANAL, however, as one can put some of the legal problems aside, most of the concerns mentioned in there should provoke at least some thought by brave men around RMS."

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  1. frosty pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ahhh that's better.

    bethanie is a Man baby!!!

  2. is it "RMS" or "rm s" or "GNU/rm s" ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    actually, while i'd be on his side for this particular case, i would tend (in general) to say that the guy shouldn't be called RMS as in R.M. Stallman but rm s, as in rm stallman Optionally, you can say GNU/rm s, so as to insist on the fact that you use the gnu rm command and follow a naming convention that doesn't add to his inferiority complex. remember his last interview about sco vs linux? he really doesn't miss one opportunity to diss linux in favor of his hurd that doesn't work.

  3. Re:Actually, the GPL hasn't exactly worked.. by z_gringo · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    "I hate you guys." --Eric Cartman

    In what episode did he actually say that? I only recall the "I Hate you Kenny." from the bigger, longer, uncut.

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  4. Spindler? by jmu1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    As in the Cigarette Smoking Man?

    Perhaps there is more to this than we once thought?

  5. Re:babelfish translation by fredrik70 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    oh, the blinkenlights has a long history!
    check it out here!

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