GPL compliance

[Peter Garrett]

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 11:24:10 -0700
garys at opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote:

[snip]
> Here in the USA a dude sold a butt-ugly outdoor sculpture to a guy and
> then, without any special terms of sale or such, mananged (with court
> help) to prevent the guy from cutting it up and sending it to the
> recycler where it belonged.  

Wow - you're an art critic *and* an authority on law! I'm impressed!

>(I forget if he bought it back or what
> happend to it.)  Something about artistic or moral rights or some such
> nonsense 

And cultured as well ...! Such admirably sweeping statements! Such
refinement of taste, and understanding of issues of authorship, coupled
with certainty about the cultural value of people's productions!

> which the right (or wrong) court could no-doubt find in
> sofwtare too.

*cough* Whatever else you might have said in this increasingly tedious
thread, these pronouncements have convinced me of your excellent grasp of
the issues.

Very enlightening.