On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:56:49PM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > If you're curious as to why Maui X-Stream, Inc. isn't being forced to > stop what they're doing, this is where things get a little tricky.
http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/15/news/story2.html http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/19/news/story3.html I am not sure how deep MXS' pockets are, but the quotes from the Star Bulletin make for good fodder should a lawsuit ever arise. > To my knowledge, the GPL has never been seriously tested in an American > court -- at least partially because it's considered to be legally > solid. Has the GPL ever been tested in any court of law? > A big stumbling block is that a bunch of guys contributing code > in their spare time after work generally don't have the money > necessary to launch a civil suit against a company to get an > injunction, let alone one in another state, let alone one in > another state that's a Pacific away. It gets worse when you > realize not everyone is necessarily even in the United States. The team can donate the code to the FSF and have the EFF do the work on their behalf. -Vince