“Le droit du pauvre est un mot creux” (“Rights of the poor” is a hollow phrase) Eugène Pottier, *L’internationale* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale> (1871).
I am somewhat skeptic about the odds of any legal action suceeding against a porential multi-billion $ buisness prospect. Except if it folds, of course... ;-) Le samedi 22 avril 2023 à 13:56:42 UTC+2, Michael Orlitzky a écrit : > On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 08:22 +0100, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sadly it's not. The American legal system isn't built for this. The > > > fact that they're clearly doing something illegal and that it's hurting > > > people isn't grounds for a third-party lawsuit. The victims can file > > > suits, but like Microsoft's lawyers said, the victims have to be able > > > to demonstrate injury. > > > > Copilot makes money which does not go to the producers of the content it > > sells. How is it not injury? > > Copyright is copyright, it is violated here. > > > > There's injury, but only the people who are actually injured can file > suit. > > Suppose copilot is willing to reproduce the source code of block_ldlt() > but without the GPL. What's the dollar amount that I'm harmed by that? > I can sue for damages, or I can sue for the portion of the profits > attributable to the infringement. Microsoft's lawyers are going to > claim that both numbers are zero. How much will it cost me in legal > fees to fight that, and for what potential benefit? > > It's a losing proposition for me, and by extension, for almost everyone > writing free software. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/c4b91732-e64b-41ec-90b1-933083574bd7n%40googlegroups.com.
