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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.
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Daniel Pocock |
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement. |
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Sun, 5 Jun 2016 17:49:33 +0200 |
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On 05/06/16 17:37, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 08:16 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
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>> More likely, it will be about suing violators who are somehow successful
>> and taking a share in their profits and recycling that money to sue
>> other big violators.
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> No, GPL enforcement efforts (coming from the software freedom side at
> least) are basically always about *compliance*. They don't ask for
> profits and get money to sue others. They ask for compliance, i.e. for
> the violators to release the code and move into compliance with the GPL.
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They are not mutually exclusive objectives
Damages obtained from violators can be used in various ways:
- they force other companies to think more carefully
- the money can pay for more legal efforts
- the money can be given to the developers who originally produced the
GPL code, which indirectly encourages developers to use the GPL more
frequently
Some people will argue that financial incentives to use the GPL are
troublesome for other reasons, but please start another thread if you
would like to discuss that.