[tacos]

Legal documents aren't tight programs rigidly followed to by a computer. They're rough sketches that Judges are given enormous latitude to interpret.

Several bad things could happen here, not the least of which is that people avoid the GPL for new projects while this plays out.

Agreements are just that -- agreements. The tension that both sides know that they can seek judicial relief in the event of a dispute arguably is the entire basis of civilization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurisprudence