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The Court fully recognized the need for expert testimony at trial about the GNU GPL and the technical facts at hand, particularly as to why static linking of software components into a single, unified, compiled binary forms a derivative work of the original components. As publishers of the GNU GPL and defenders of software freedom, the FSF has a basic ethical imperative to educate the public and the judiciary about the license and its terms. The FSF respects the due process of law, and thus plans to continue to offer our General Counsel as an expert witness; Professor Moglen has donated his time to the MySQL legal team, as he donates his time to the Foundation, for the public good. The FSF believes that the best way to serve the Free Software community is to educate and clear up common misconceptions about the GNU GPL, and will continue to do so despite attacks from those who oppose software freedom.