Geico Caveman wrote: > > Are there any guesstimates about illegal use of GPL'ed / LGPL'ed code by > vendors of proprietary software (like using such code in a proprietary > application that is released only as a binary) ? > > This can happen both with and without the vendor's knowledge / approval. > Like deadline pressed programmers copying code wholesale, changing the > appearance of the GUI sufficiently, etc.
I am the main author of two libraries, one GPL and one LGPL. One three separate occasions I have received notifications from people about my libraries being used in ways that was not allowed licenses. On each of these occasions, I sent email to the distributor of the infringing software and in each case the distributor came into compliance within a week. At least for my two libraries, I do not believe that there currently exists any software infringing on my copyright. HTH, Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "You don't have make it your sole purpose in life, but could you at least sacrifice a rubber chicken upon the altar of literacy?" -- TackHead on Slashdot _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
