Hi, On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Reinhard Tartler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 09:16:02 (CEST), Luca Barbato wrote: > >> --- >> src/index | 5 +++-- >> src/shame | 11 ++++++----- >> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/src/index b/src/index >> index 128fb57..20b4b06 100644 >> --- a/src/index >> +++ b/src/index >> @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ on your choice of configuration options. If you use Libav >> or its constituent >> libraries, you <b>must</b> adhere to the terms of the license in question. >> You can find basic compliance information and get licensing help on our >> <a href="legal.html">license and legal considerations page</a>. >> -Note that if you violate our license terms, we will track you down, list >> -you on our <a href="shame.html">Hall of Shame</a> and eventually sue you. >> +If you happen to violate our license terms, we will help you to address >> +such issues. >> +License violations are managed on our <a >> href="http://bugzilla.libav.org";>bug tracker</a> and we keep a page with the >> unresponsive <a href="/shame">violators</a> to make the public aware of them. >> </p> > > Hm, I agree that the previous text sounds pretty agressive, the new text > is pretty much the opposite extreme. I would try something like this: > > Please note that because of GPL §4 (or LGPL §8), violating our license > will terminate your rights to our work. However, we are happy to work > with you to a solution should such a situation occur.
I'm with Reinhard here. No kitty-language necessary, we do use lawyers and we do demand financial compensation for past damages. We can make it sound more professional, but the indication that violating our license is a problem should definitely stay in there. Ronald _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel
