He has slave labour in a third world country somewhere, he makes them cheap, and sells them cheap.
How does this apply to i.e. "One-Click Shopping(TM)"?
The GPL is based on those laws, and others like it.
Like you, IANAL, but I thought the GPL was based on copyright law? Copyright law generally prevents anyone to copy your code, and it applies automatically to everything you write. You don't have to (pay to) register it somewhere.
The SIR patents seem to be a windfall to the open source community.
However, they wouldn't do mush good in the case you described above...
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How does this apply to i.e. "One-Click Shopping(TM)"?
Like you, IANAL, but I thought the GPL was based on copyright law? Copyright law generally prevents anyone to copy your code, and it applies automatically to everything you write. You don't have to (pay to) register it somewhere.
However, they wouldn't do mush good in the case you described above...