Hello,
I appologise if I am sending this to the wrong people. I am forwarding an email that we (fsf europe) have recieved.
Thank you for your time.
John Tapsell FSF Europe member
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Subject: GPL lawsuit in Germany Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:17:44 +0100 (MET) From: Joerg Schilling schilling@fokus.gmd.de To: Discussion@fsfeurope.org
Hi all,
one of my GPL programs is abused by a German company and I am going to sue them soon. I like to report from a talk I had with my lawyer today.
He told me that GPL cannot be enforced in Germany.
He said, that to have a valid contract, there is a need that both parties aggree in the contract which is not the case for the GPL. So if the abuser tells you that he never aggreed in GPL and that he _knows_ that is is using th eprogram in an illegal way, this will help him in the lawsuit.
My questions:
- Has there been ever a GPL lawsiut?
- Is FSFeurope willing and able to help me and my lawyer?
Jörg
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