[dq-rules] Re: GNU GPL

[Todd Schreiber <sgrobble@yahoo.com>]

That's nice, but copyright laws and patent
infringement are not entirely the same.

--- John Rauchert <john.rauchert@sait.ab.ca> wrote:
> Just to follow up this section is what makes
> claiming a GPL for a
> DragonQuest supplement that includes a large bulk of
> the original Rules
> Book tricky:
> 
>   7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or
> allegation of patent
> infringement or for any other reason (not limited to
> patent issues),
> conditions are imposed on you (whether by court
> order, agreement or
> otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this
> License, they do not
> excuse you from the conditions of this License.  If
> you cannot
> distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your
> obligations under this
> License and any other pertinent obligations, then as
> a consequence you
> may not distribute the Program at all.  For example,
> if a patent
> license would not permit royalty-free redistribution
> of the Program by
> all those who receive copies directly or indirectly
> through you, then
> the only way you could satisfy both it and this
> License would be to
> refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
> 
> If any portion of this section is held invalid or
> unenforceable under
> any particular circumstance, the balance of the
> section is intended to
> apply and the section as a whole is intended to
> apply in other
> circumstances.
> 
> It is not the purpose of this section to induce you
> to infringe any
> patents or other property right claims or to contest
> validity of any
> such claims; this section has the sole purpose of
> protecting the
> integrity of the free software distribution system,
> which is
> implemented by public license practices.  Many
> people have made
> generous contributions to the wide range of software
> distributed
> through that system in reliance on consistent
> application of that
> system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he
> or she is willing
> to distribute software through any other system and
> a licensee cannot
> impose that choice.
> 
> 
> JohnR
> 
> 
> 
>
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