Tim Tyler writes: > What proportion of OSS developers register their work with the United > States Copyright Office, I wonder.
If the infringement is ongoing you just have to register before filing suit. > Also, how often does $150,000 actually get awarded in free software > cases? It doesn't matter if the software is free. The damages are _statutory_. You prove infringement you get the damages. > The article at the top seems to say that getting very much in the way of > damages is unlikely - since the cost of the software is low: The GPL provides that the license terminates immediately upon breach. Therefor if the violation is ungoing proving breach of the GPL will give you grounds for a copyright infringement complaint. Statutory damages do not depend on cost. Also note that many Free Software authors are more interested in getting the infringement stopped than in collecting large damages. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
