Re: [Gimp-user] Use GIMP for commercial / business purposes?

2012-02-13 Thread Daniel Smith
Have there been lawsuits or fines regarding open source
cases though? It's funny, for all the times I've heard of for
example Microsoft or Adobe or whoever being involved in these
evaluations of businesses where they check for licenses etc,
and massive levies afterward, (whether the stories were real
or created) I've never heard of any open source lawsuits or snares.
Just wondering what you meant by testing your luck.
Dan
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Re: [Gimp-user] Use GIMP for commercial / business purposes?

2012-02-13 Thread Frank Gore
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Daniel Smith opened...@gmail.com wrote:
 Have there been lawsuits or fines regarding open source
 cases though? It's funny, for all the times I've heard of for
 example Microsoft or Adobe or whoever being involved in these
 evaluations of businesses where they check for licenses etc,
 and massive levies afterward, (whether the stories were real
 or created) I've never heard of any open source lawsuits or snares.
 Just wondering what you meant by testing your luck.

Yes, the GPL has been tested in many courts. There are a few examples
on the GPL Wikipedia page. Many of the decisions were handed down as
judgments, not just as settlements between parties.

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