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biker142541yesterday at 7:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

That confused me as well. I interpreted as judges not having (much) precedent and potentially unable/unwilling to interpret along lines of the license intent. But that’s what courts in this process are there for IMO. If a well written license and a good case, then you need to start somewhere to set precedent.


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ZiiSyesterday at 7:10 PM

He is saying a judge will not care that they are technically a separate download. They only care if the end result is complying with the spirit of the license.

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pocksuppettoday at 1:50 AM

GPL licenses are so much interpreted along lines of license intent that a German judge ruled GPLv2 software couldn't be Tivoized.

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