Only if he has not sold/copied/gave 1 copy away , after either has happened he owes regardless
And if they where bothered , they would sue for each amount they could have made+their charges to Sue So taking the second option is 2 late after you have commited the act , soz . but thats law C -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew J Craven Sent: 08 March 2002 22:30 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: In response to Andrew > >I would either pay up, or I would not use it. Probably the latter, > >but I wouldn't go around mailing lists complaining about how stupid > >they were for excercising their legal rights. > > SO ON NOTE THINK ON HOW NICE IT IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY UP! But he would take the latter option! > > > What would you say if Simon Owen charged you for using SIM Coupe? > > > >I'd say "That's a breach of the GPL, Sir". Fortunately he doesn't. > > > WELL DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY HE DOESN'T?!! OR WHY CHRIS PILE DOESN'T > CHARGE FOR DEFENDER? IT'S CALLED GOODWILL, AND LONG MAY IT CONTINUE, > OTHERWISE THERE WON'T BE ANY SCENE LEFT IF SUCH AN ATTITUDE PREVAILED. Well if he did, as Andrew says, it'd be a breach of the GPL. There's nothing wrong with goodwill, but copyrights have to be taken into account. We have to balance the scale. --Matt.
