On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Alex Combas <blenderw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Dan Eicher <d...@trollwerks.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Alex Combas <blenderw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Well the GPL has never been defended in court from what I've heard... >> >> >> You heard wrong... >> > > Yes, I am. Thanks for pointing that out. > > The majority settle out of court, but there have been a few full > scale lawsuits where the GPL was defended and won. > > So... > > Would these lawsuits make companies less paranoid about incorporating GPL > software, or more.
Worth listening to this interview with Bradley M. Kuhn & Aaron Williamson (a real lawyer!) who work to enforce GPL: http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/127, exactly 1hr, into the show. >From this interview I gather most don't go to court because the companies comply once they know they are infringing the GPL. And regarding this making companies paranoid - this is conjecture, But if some group choose to be ignorant & paranoid then this is their own foolishness. One could also be paranoid about commercial software because you can get in trouble for breaking their license too. _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
