Re: Again: list of advantages of the xGPL

"Tony Lambregts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> first off 
> they would have to prove that they did not use the GPL source. 

Can you point me to a reference that documents that the accused has the burden
of proof in a copyright violation case?

> GPL software is for all intents and purposes immune to embrace and 
> extend tactics. 

If you mean that one cannot take the original source and extend it in a closed
source product, then you are correct.  But one can always create a new product
with the same functionality as the GPL version plus proprietary extension.  So
the embrace and extend tactic is harder with GPL code than with BSD code, but
not impossible.  But given that Microsoft has repeatedly used this tactic
against other commercial developers, it doesn't seem that the GPL would be much
of a deterrent.





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Sincerely,
Matt Seitz

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