From bf97e4eb5b30c7a8f1747f8c10bc26afd56c5960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:57:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Improve=20definition=20of=20=E2=80=9Csummary=20?= =?UTF-8?q?judgment=E2=80=9D=20&=20make=20it=20=E2=80=9CFeatured=20Term?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../content/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html | 15 +++++++++++---- conservancy/templates/frontpage.html | 15 ++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/conservancy/content/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html b/conservancy/content/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html index 4bc91756..ba6dd13f 100644 --- a/conservancy/content/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html +++ b/conservancy/content/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html @@ -94,11 +94,18 @@ requests for remedy for the matter.

specific performance

Fulfilling the requirements of a contract in exactly the way the contract specifies. When most contracts are disputed in court, the plaintiff expects to receive money, that they can use to remedy the harm that the other party caused them in not holding up their side of the deal. When a plaintiff seeks specific performance, they want something that money can’t replace.

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summary judgment

In a summary judgment motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court -to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made in the complaint. - +to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made +in the complaint. A motion for summary judgment on +just some issues is called “partial” —. To rule +affirmatively for summary judgment, the Judge must determine there are no +issues of fact in dispute on the issue(s) in question. The Judge +rules as a matter of law on the issue. In some state courts — +including California — these motions are called “motion for +summary adjudication”.

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third-party beneficiaries of the GPL

People who aren’t a party to a GPL agreement, but who would benefit from the contract if the parties to the GPL do as they promise under the agreement. An example of such a benefit might be the receipt of the source code of the GPL’d software. See also General Public License (GPL).

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amicus curiae

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“Amicus curiae” literally means “friend of the court” and is what you call someone who isn’t a party to the case but,because of their strong interest or expertise in the subject matter of the case, has information or argument that the court would find useful in reaching a decision.

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Summary Judgment

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In a summary judgment motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court +to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made +in the complaint. A motion for summary judgment on +just some issues is called “partial” —. To rule +affirmatively for summary judgment, the Judge must determine there are no +issues of fact in dispute on the issue(s) in question. The Judge +rules as a matter of law on the issue. In some state courts — +including California — these motions are called “motion for +summary adjudication”.

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