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| Authored by: AntiFUD on Thursday, September 13 2012 @ 02:30 PM EDT |
The title says it all, or is this a new Hawaiian subsidiary?
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IANAL - Free to Fight FUD - "to this very day"
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| Authored by: songmaster on Thursday, September 13 2012 @ 02:57 PM EDT |
In the last paragraph of Google's letter, although it might be a typo in the
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| Authored by: bugstomper on Thursday, September 13 2012 @ 08:58 PM EDT |
Where the article says
"I'll just mention in passing that RAND terms exclude the GPL. Just saying
that the AAI might think about that. RAND and FRAND do not mean the same
thing."
The F in FRAND stands for Fair, not Free, which as explained in the Wikipedia
article on Frand,
"fair terms means terms which are not anti-competitive and that would not
be considered unlawful if imposed by a dominant firm in their relative
market."
That still allows charging a small per-item royalty, which if even a small
fraction of a cent would preclude GPL. People who use the term RAND are _not_
saying "same as FRAND except containing anti-competitive (in the ant-trust
law sense) terms". So RAND _is_ the same as FRAND, and both are
incompatible with GPL.
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Friday, September 14 2012 @ 05:54 AM EDT |
I had to look it up, so you might find this a help. The Federal Trade
Commission:Our Mission
To prevent business
practices that are anticompetitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers; to
enhance informed consumer choice and public understanding of the competitive
process; and to accomplish this without unduly burdening legitimate business
activity...
How FTC Benefits Consumers
The FTC is the
only federal agency with both consumer protection and competition jurisdiction
in broad sectors of the economy. The FTC pursues vigorous and effective law
enforcement; advances consumers’ interests by sharing its expertise with federal
and state legislatures and U.S. and international government agencies; develops
policy and research tools through hearings, workshops, and conferences; and
creates practical and plain-language educational programs for consumers and
businesses in a global marketplace with constantly changing technologies. FTC’s
work is performed by the Bureaus of Consumer Protection, Competition and
Economics. That work is aided by the Office of General Counsel and seven
regional offices.
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Regards
Ian Al
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