On Friday, 7. September 2007, ttw+drupal@cobbled.net wrote:
On 06.09-17:11, Cog Rusty wrote: [ ... ]
By "legitimate interest" I was referring to something different: Under law usually, when you see a thief robbing someone, you can report it to the police but you can't sue the robber. Only the victim can (or the authorities if it is a penal offence and not just a civil one).You don't need legitimate interest to do something. You need it to challenge something.
the GPL essestially transfers ownership to you and the therefore i would understand that anyone who uses GPL code has a legitimate interest. a legal case will be weakened in the absence of a copyright holder (and certainaly alterations to licensing are extremely complicated in their absence) but it is not required.
No, it doesn't transfer ownership. It grants you a license to use, modify and redistribute the code, but it doesn't transfer ownership. You'll most likely need a copyright holder to sue violators.