Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

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Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
Marc Perkel wrote:

Linus,

For what it's worth, maybe you should run some of these issues past the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org) or Robin Gross at IPJustice.org who might be able to review these issues and help make sure you're doing it right.


Great advice, however, the EFF are not experts in IP law. I would suggest a good firm in Palo Alto, like Rosati, Goodrich and Sonsini, they are experts in corporate IP law and Corporate law in general. They would know all the loopholes people and companies are likely to use. Stay away from these freebie Law Groups who are more likely to kiss your butt and tell you waht you want to hear rather than what you NEED to hear. OSDL should pick up the tab. It will cost around 30K for a good analysis from them.

Jeff


Actually EFF does have some good IP lawyers on staff and Robin Gross - a former EFF employee ([email protected]) is also very up on this. And the prices is right too if you don't want to spend the big bucks. I would rather get legal advice from lawyer who care about GPL than lawyers who just want to run up a big fee and screw you in the end.

It might be worth looking into doing it right before some other SCO type decides they can get rich by busting Linux.

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