Am Mittwoch 16 April 2014, 19:08:18 schrieb Bradley M. Kuhn: > Marc Dietrich wrote: > > Thanks for your help. I replied to your private mail which asked for > > evidence on the GPL violation. I think it would be better to discuss these > > things openly on this list so others may profit from the documentation of > > the process in the future. > > I don't have a serious objection to discussing the evidence of the violation > publicly, but I hope you understand that since any given GPL violation > could turn into a possible later litigation, I usually try to avoid talking > about the details of what evidence exists for a specific enforcement matter > on any public lists.
ok, that's understandable. I was more refering to the process in general, not the details of the evidence. > > What's still looks strange to me is that the GPL gives all the rights to > > endusers, but they are now allowed to file a suit? > > I'm sorry that this thread has been so distracting on this issue. The goal > of the GPL is to give certain freedoms to end-users, indeed. However, the > primary legal mechanism it uses underneath is copyright, and as such the > most traditional way and more or less the only successful way so far the > license has been enforced has been through copyright holders acting on > their rights. Take a look at GPLv2 Section 4 for the central provision on > how this works. You also might want to read the book I wrote much of it and > am the primary editor of: > http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/comprehensive-gpl-guide.pdf I'm sorry that I'm likely not motivated enough to read through all this. But maybe just a small question you may have an answer to (sorry, I'm again too lazy to google it myself). Does the GPLv3 helps with with problem? Marc
