GNU GPL and European law
Jan Schaumann
jschauma at netmeister.org
Tue Nov 28 19:03:40 UTC 2000
David Mentr? <David.Mentre at irisa.fr> wrote:
> Jan Schaumann <jschauma at netmeister.org> writes:
>
> > (side-note: what "europe" are we talking about? Only the countries of
> > the EU or the "physical" Europe?)?
>
> Does it really matter?
I assume that if FSFEurope eants to become a "real" organisation, it
will have to define itself in some sense. *shrug* Doesn't make a
difference to me.
> > If there is no exact equivalent, what is the closest thing and does it
> > guarantee that the GPL holds and is enforcable?
>
> No need to such a thing. Don't you think that all those world companies
> like Vivendi-Universal have not a way to enforce their copyright in
> _every_ country where they work in?
Good point. I rest your case ;-)
thanks to all who helped enlighten me.
-Jan
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