bug#50446: Emacs FAQ entry "What is the real legal meaning of the GNU copyleft?" still relevant?

[Stefan Kangas]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> > Is the below entry in the Emacs FAQ still relevant?  These days, we
> > have had several copyright infringement case involving the GPL.  Could
> > we just delete the entry in the FAQ?
>
> Hm...  I just skimmed
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_license_litigation
>
> and I didn't see any judgements on GPL'd software?  Just settlements
> (and judgements on other licenses, like the Artistic License).

Take a look at this list, for example "Welte vs D-Link (2006)":

https://wiki.fsfe.org/Migrated/GPL Enforcement Cases

IANAL, YMMV, etc. but some of these look like court cases to me?

If we are to put anything, I think it's better to have an entry "What
is Free Software" or something of the sort, rather than defending
whether or not the GPL is even legally valid.  I don't think anyone
doubts that it is mostly valid these days, do they?  It's not a very
FAQ in my experience at least, but I might be wrong.

Of course, the US legal system is a sick joke so what do I know.