chase@orc.olivetti.com (11/21/89)
I just now ran across a reference to an article that seemed vaguely pertinent to Copyright-related stuff. There was an article in Technology Review, July 1989, page 16, titled "COPY FREE". In quick summary, the US Supreme Court said that states, as in state universities, could "decline" to be sued in certain situations. One example of something that a state could decide not to be sued for was copyright violations (and that's as far as I go -- I'm not clear on whether it means that "states can ignore copyrights" or what). So, any comments on how this affects the GNU Public License? You may infer from the fact that this went to court that in at least one instance a state has chosen not to be sued (in this case, a state university). Are state universities under any obligation to pay any attention to it at all? Happy misc.discussing, David