RE: Economics and the GPL

> Patrik Stridvall <[email protected]> wrote:
> > How to use, no. Anyway, the GPL explictly doesn't regulate use so
> > that is irrelevant as far as the GPL is concerned.
> 
> Actually, FSF claims it DOES.  See the "Arms Length" example 
> in the GPL FAQ.  

The GPL FAQ have no legal meaning. Only the text of the GPL have.

> In
> summary, 
> you are not allowed to ship a GPLed program IN a propriatary 
> OS (even if you give
> out the source for the GPLed program).   I don't think this 
> has a snowball's chance
> in
> (choose your warm place here) in court, and it's not like FSF 
> hasn't had examples of
> this
> already being done, but you don't see them stop making the claim.

Agreed.