On 05/06/16 17:39, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > Free software activists shouldn't sue people right from the start, > they should instead enforce it through collaboration, first by > private communication with the violator, then after series of > negligencies done by the violators, the original project can > express their disappointment publicly, then wait for the violators > to apologize and accept the suggestions or collaborations done, and > only after series of negligencies, it must be thought on suing the > violator. This might take years, but the most immediate advice you > can deliver to a possible violator is to cease redistribution > temporarily until the issue is resolved or proven to be false by > all the parties involved. >
The strategy is correct, but giving them years to comply is not. The timescale for enforcing GPL compliance should probably be comparable to the timescale for enforcing a claim for unpaid wages or any other civil debt, after all, the violator is effectively using somebodies work without paying for a license that permits them to use it in closed-source software.
