> Very true, but i guess FSF is probably(correct me if i'm wrong) the only
> organisation which keeps a track of GPL violations and does something
> about
> it.
No, Harald Welte and http://gpl-violations.org/ also keeps track of
gplviolations
thanks for the info :-)
Only if one has chosen one of
> the FSF licenses and are violating it or violating GPL in general then
FSF
> can take action against the entity concerned.
>
> Not correct. FSF can act only agaist violations of the softwares which
it
owns full copyright (that's why most of the official GNU software projects
mandates copyright assignment to FSF - only then FSF can enforce GPL
compliance).
Hmm... that's true however the FSF will and does ``offer assistance to any
other copyright holder who wishes to do the same."
Ref : http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-violation.html
Regards,
- vihan
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