[LAD] how i think the gpl works under german jurisdiction

[Ralf Mardorf]

PS:
> Paul Davis wrote:
>> 2009/8/6 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>:
>>  
>>> Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>>>    
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> all this means that if somebody uses GPL'd code without releasing 
>>>> under
>>>> GPL him/herself, s/he is in breach of contract with the original
>>>> author(s). it *does* *not* *mean* that you can now assume the entire
>>>> package is up for grabs under the terms of the GPL.
>>>>       
>>> IANAL, but with a certainty of 99,9% this is the actual state of 
>>> affairs
>>> how German courts does accept/fit the GPL to the German law and it 
>>> seems
>>> to be the same for the Netherlands,
>>>     
>>
>> citations? references? google fu magic?
>>   
>
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
> http://lwn.net/Articles/61292/

The context for the Netherlands is, you need to quote correctly:

> and it seems to be the same for the Netherlands, because of a similar 
> copyright law that someone from the list described