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Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, July 03 2012 @ 12:16 PM EDT |
No. You do misunderstand. Canonical misunderstood
how the GPLv3 works. FSF would trump Canonical,
because Stallman and the FSF came up with the GPL.
Plus FSF is the copyright holder of Grub, which
is released under the GPLv3, the license at issue.
So what FSF says about the GPL is like having it
written on stone tablets, so to speak. They are
the source for understanding how the GPL works.
So for Canonical to say they are "afraid" of
obligations under the GPLv3 when the copyright holder
and creator of the GPL says they don't need to
be afraid, is dispositive. It's not a business
issue. It's a legal issue, and Canonical is wrong.
They can do what they want, but they can't pretend
it's about fears of GPLv3, because they have no
legal basis for their alleged fears.
I say alleged, because Canonical has lawyers who
understand the GPL, in my experience, so I am
less willing to act like it's an honest mistake.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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