Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

[Patrick]

On 06/05/2016 11:55 AM, Fabio Pesari wrote:
> Patrick, I see your point, but then I have this question: if those
> companies don't care about the terms of the GPL, why would they care if
> they are banned from using the software altogether? They would use it
> anyway. If you couldn't bring them to court for violating the GPL, what
> makes you think you could bring them to court for using your software?
>
> Also, it's a double-edged sword, because some of those companies don't
> care about proprietary licenses (or copyright or trademarks in general)
> as well. And I bet proprietary developers are a lot more annoyed than we
> can be, and equally unable to do anything about it.
>
> But there's a lot of good free software coming out from China,
> especially Hong Kong. There are some high-profile libre projects that
> are developed in China (Gogs and Cocos2D-X, IIRC). I think it wouldn't
> be fair to discriminate against all Chinese developers just because of a
> few bad apples (which also exist in the West, by the way).
Hi Fabio

We can't touch China but proprietary people can sue people in the "west" 
for transporting software out of their "control area".

Is it possible that we are becoming so focused on destroying the 
proprietary people that we are not seeing the big picture, a rise of 
nations that do not respect human rights, let alone software licenses. 
Wouldn't
it be better to live in a world where there was only proprietary 
software but that did not have massive amounts of weapons in the hands 
of those that care little for human life. Why do I have to write 
software for free for them so that they can use the revenue to 
extinguish life?

Could we not do the same as the proprietary people and sue those who 
move GPL code out of the control area(whatever that is determined to be)?

I am only seeking a GPL compatible license, we could interact with 
people all over the world with BSD/GPL/Public Domain code if the spirit 
of the project is charitable.

Thanks