[dq-rules] Re: GNU GPL

["John Rauchert" <john.rauchert@sait.ab.ca>]

todd schreiber <sgrobbl-@yahoo.com> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/dq-rules/?start=67
> That's nice, but copyright laws and patent
> infringement are not entirely the same.
> 


Hence the statement "or for any other reason (not limited to patent
issues)"

You must remember that the GPL was written to only cover Software
distribution where Patent Law comes more into play than Copyright Law.

The basic meaning of this section there is a legal reason you can't
distribute something (due to patent or copyright infringement) then you
can't distribute the GPL legally either so it becomes void.

JohnR