On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > Likewise, Sugar Labs has an obligation to act on all GPL violations > reported on Sugar Labs copyrighted code. But we cannot act on our own > if we do not hold copyright.
Minor technical note here -- SL has a right, but (surprisingly) no obligation to act. With trademarks, for example, you have an obligation; if you don't act, infringers can say you've relinquished your right to the trademark, and you may lose it. (Acting doesn't need to be in condemnation; a friend of SL may be found using SL's trademark without prior authorization, be asked in friendly to formally request authorization, and then have it granted. Sounds like a silly dance, but so are trademark laws.) Copyright, OTOH, is a right that is not lost via inaction. Not that you'd want to avoid action, but are definitely not rushed into action. That's in part why those enforcing GPL compliance can take time in negotiations and discussions -- and usually do. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
