Alexander Terekhov wrote:
That PDF is dated May 14, 2008.
> Interestingly enough it predates June 25, 2008:
Legal time is the very opposite of internet time. Delays and postponements of months at a time are routine. It should come as no surprise that actions by plaintiffs and defendants can cross each other, so that an action demanded by one in a filing has already been carried out by the other prior to the filing. Not only that, it is appropriate that distributors who have been distributing illegally should be forced to pay some monetary damages, even if only legal costs of the other side. Otherwise, there is no penalty for distributing illegally up to the moment you are caught, and that would encourage non-compliance. The BSA works the same way - when you are caught using commercial software for which you did not pay, you have to pay for it and pay a fine. Otherwise many people would choose to use illegal copies because it would always be profitable to do so. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
