On 2006-09-22, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're assuming that for everyone, releasing software as GPL is > better than paying money to the copyright holder. > > You are assuming that the fine will not be big.
I know how much statutory damages are. Do you know how bad some people feel about GPL'ing their source code? > Imagine Emacs code being copy&pasted into the Microsoft Word > sourcecode. What do you think MS would prefer, pay the fine or > release Word under GPL? > > Depends on the fine. Right. So they have the choice, and whether the code will be GPL depends on how hard Steve can throw that chair. :P Merijn -- Remove +nospam to reply _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
