FSF turns to Microsoft: you can not be outlawed
Microsoft’s intention to ignore the GPLv3 license upgrade is illegal. Such a warning to the Redmond giant was announced by the Free Software Foundation.
This is a scandalous statement by Microsoft that it is not supposed to accept the third version of the GPL software license, which it supports under agreements with Novell, Xandros and Linspire (these three companies are official Microsoft partners). For example, for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server system, it does not intend to upgrade the license.
And now, two months later, the official answer of the Free Software Foundation followed. FSF lawyers analyzed Microsoft’s maneuver and declared it a shah, that is, they were directly accused of violating the law.
Quote from the text of the statement FSF .
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We do not ... agree with Microsoft’s interpretation of the situation around GPLv3. Microsoft may not commit acts of prior refusal of obligations undertaken under other copyrights. If Microsoft distributes our works licensed under GPLv3, or pays others to distribute them on its own behalf, then it is obligated to do so in accordance with the terms of the license. She ... cannot declare herself an exception to the GPLv3 requirements.
Microsoft stated that it expects respect for its so-called “intellectual property” - a propaganda term created to confuse patent laws through copyright law and other irrelevant laws, and to make other things that they do muddy. We guarantee - and, as far as our resources are enough, we guarantee our licensors - that Microsoft will respect our copyrights and comply with the terms of our licenses.
This is a scandalous statement by Microsoft that it is not supposed to accept the third version of the GPL software license, which it supports under agreements with Novell, Xandros and Linspire (these three companies are official Microsoft partners). For example, for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server system, it does not intend to upgrade the license.
And now, two months later, the official answer of the Free Software Foundation followed. FSF lawyers analyzed Microsoft’s maneuver and declared it a shah, that is, they were directly accused of violating the law.
Quote from the text of the statement FSF .
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We do not ... agree with Microsoft’s interpretation of the situation around GPLv3. Microsoft may not commit acts of prior refusal of obligations undertaken under other copyrights. If Microsoft distributes our works licensed under GPLv3, or pays others to distribute them on its own behalf, then it is obligated to do so in accordance with the terms of the license. She ... cannot declare herself an exception to the GPLv3 requirements.
Microsoft stated that it expects respect for its so-called “intellectual property” - a propaganda term created to confuse patent laws through copyright law and other irrelevant laws, and to make other things that they do muddy. We guarantee - and, as far as our resources are enough, we guarantee our licensors - that Microsoft will respect our copyrights and comply with the terms of our licenses.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/13635/
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