From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265499AbTF3RKk (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:10:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265526AbTF3RKk (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:10:40 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:32143 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265499AbTF3RKj (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:10:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL From: Alan Cox To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Svein Ove Aas , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1056993723.17590.3.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 30 Jun 2003 18:22:03 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2003-06-30 at 05:07, Andre Hedrick wrote: > Where is Dell's Head Quarters? > Please goto your local justice and get a UK ruling for a US Corporation. > What gives you the right to pursue in court GPL for materials you do not > have copyright ownership? I use this loose in this case because you now > have copyright context in the material in question. I don't need to. The US as a berne signatory allows non US citizens to enforce copyright (regardless of US registration). Its one of the funny cases where US citizens have less rights in their own country than foreigners in some ways Besides which if I wanted to sue Dell (and I don't) I'd do it in the UK, our lawyers are cheaper 8)