[vorbis] Is GNU tested, I doubt it..

[Chris Hanson]

At 8:38 PM -0700 10/26/00, Tom Bishop wrote:
>But you say "first company" so you seem to indicate that this has never
>been tested in court..  Which lends credance to my speculation that,
>in fact, GNU is virtually untested.. And possibly vacuous legally.

That depends.  If you're living in the USA, has the state you're in 
adopted UCITA?  I'm not a lawyer, but I think the sweeping privileges 
that UCITA grants to copyright holders would also apply to licenses 
like the GPL, not just to shrinkwrap commercial licenses.

>Please understand that I am only trying to understand..

You do not appear to be trying to understand the legal situation 
surrounding the GPL.  You appear to be trying to convince others of 
your viewpoint.  (Which, if I'm reading you correctly, is that the 
GPL's validity should not simply be assumed until it is both tested 
and upheld in court.  There is an implication in your statements that 
you don't believe it will be found valid, though I can't tell if it's 
intentional and how you really feel, or just the way you phrased 
things.)

   -- Chris


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