On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Campbell Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Alex Combas <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Dan Eicher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Alex Combas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Well the GPL has never been defended in court from what I've heard... >>> >>> >>> You heard wrong... >>> >> >> Yes, I am. Thanks for pointing that out. >> >> The majority settle out of court, but there have been a few full >> scale lawsuits where the GPL was defended and won. >> >> So... >> >> Would these lawsuits make companies less paranoid about incorporating GPL >> software, or more. > > Worth listening to this interview with Bradley M. Kuhn & Aaron > Williamson (a real lawyer!) who work to enforce GPL: > http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/127, exactly 1hr, into the show. > > >From this interview I gather most don't go to court because the > companies comply once they know they are infringing the GPL. > > And regarding this making companies paranoid - this is conjecture, But > if some group choose to be ignorant & paranoid then this is their own > foolishness. > One could also be paranoid about commercial software because you can > get in trouble for breaking their license too.
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