If the GPL were not agreed upon by the parties, defendant would notwithstanding lack the necessary rights to copy, distribute, and make the software 'netfilter/iptables' publicly available.
Pokiaľ nebola GPL dohodnutá medzi stranami, žalovaný by aj tak potreboval potrebné práva pre kopírovanie, šírenie a zverejňovanie softvéru 'netfilter/iptables'.