Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!itivax!lokkur!scs From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Would the FSF ever sue? Message-ID: <1989Jul31.015723.1000@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> Date: 31 Jul 89 01:57:23 GMT References: Distribution: gnu Organization: Inland Sea Lines: 15 nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: >I don't believe so. Litigation is very expensive, and the FSF would >better put those resources into more programming. True, there are >many people who disagree with the FSF's politics and policies. But >many of these people acknowledge the FSF's right to copyleft. IMHO, >the FSF has more defenders than they have adherents. Should someone actually decide to rip off the copyright, FSF should probably look for some lawfirm interested in a pro bono case. In a similar vein, there are probably other public interest groups that might be interested because of the rather unique features of the FSF public licence. -- : Steve Simmons ...sharkey!lokkur!scs scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us : : UNIX -- The OS/360 of the 21st Century :