Hello, > On 17 Jun 2020, at 04:34, J.B. Nicholson <j...@forestfield.org> wrote: > > Michael Tremer wrote: >> This project however was a lot more work than we anticipated and there are >> some >> more challenges to come. We generate no income from working on this at all, >> but of >> course need to fill our own fridges with food every once in a while. I am not >> telling you anything new here and I do not want to moan. But in the past, we >> have >> fought legal battles (and were involuntarily dragged into them) where people >> took >> IPFire, rebranded it slightly and sold it as their own. That fight consumed >> a lot >> of resources on our side without any gain for the project. It brings down >> morale >> and brings many other problems with it, too. >> So the intention is to do better here. > Do you have the means and motivation to pay court costs and lawyer fees to > sue a copyright infringer? >
That depends on the case. I cannot say much about this one because it is still ongoing. But if I would generally say, that I would never try to enforce my license, what is the point of picking on in the first place? If licenses are not enforced, they are worthless. Best, -Michael
