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		qznc on March 4, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BMW Australia Refusing to Comply with Terms of GNU... Does the intention behind some GPL clause matter or how some court would interpret the text?

kuschku on March 4, 2016 [–]

For a court the intention very much matters – in case of doubt, the court will always resort to interpreting the intention.

At least in Germany – and BMW is German.

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