Miles Bader wrote:
> Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org> writes:
>>GPL loses, maybe better so it can be replaced with OSL and then it gets
>>serious because we will have teeth to defend the ideas of open source.
>
>
> The `copyright registration' requirements, whatever they are, would
> seem to apply equally to the GPL and whatever other `OSL' you have, so
> why on earth would some court loss related to copyright registration
> have any effect on what license people choose?
Either license would still reguire registration for enforcement. But the
_new_ license, like OSL, would "will have teeth to defend", and stand up
in court since the GPL didn't. A new GPL might also come about that is
strong enough, but you still need the legal power to defend it.
-Thomas
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