Aug 22
In his interview, SCO’s big legal gun takes aim, SCO’s legal Mark Heise posits that U.S. Copyright law take precedence to over the GPL.
This is an interesting position, and one that raises some questions in my mind (being a non-expert in IP legal matters).
If a license deprives me to rights traditionally granted to consumers under U.S. Copyright and case law (ie, fair use, first sale rights, etc.), does that mean that I can ignore the license?
That certainly hasn’t been the case so far, since the BSA has successfully extorted funds from companies that have violated licensing agreements (typically in ways that are perfectly valid under copyright laws).
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