Re: "GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros"

[Alexander Terekhov]

Karen Hill wrote:
> 
> "I think, of the 500 distributions tracked by DistroWatch, probably 450
> of them are in trouble right now per this position.", 

Criminal penalties (costs plus attorney's fees in a civil action aside for 
a moment), per FSF's own theory of enforcement through cause of action for 
copyright infringement (not breach of contract claim), that results in

  statutory_damages = 
     court_considers_just("not less than $750 or more than $30,000") *
       number_of("any one work") /* in Guh-NÜ-slash-Linux */ * 450;

Eldorado!!!

regards,
alexander.