On 2020-03-08 12:42, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 12:34:46 +0100
Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se> wrote:
is HPE going to sue individual hobbyists for copyright? I highly
doubt it.
Why would they? HPE have given hobbyists licenses which will expire,
at which point they just don't have a working license anymore. Not
sure what HPE would sue for...
I think the context was, at some point in the future, a hobbyist using
a pirate licence.
Ah. So the question is if HPE would ever sue anyone for using pirate
licenses. Good question. Technically, they could, of course. Will they
try and hunt people down? I sortof suspect they will not.
But HPE are not the only ones with a stake here. What about VSI? After
all, if HPE have stopped selling, they wouldn't gain any more money by
anyone willing to pay anyway.
Anyway, this all becomes speculation. We know it is illegal. Anyone is
free to decide on their own if they are willing to break that rule/law,
and willing to take that risk (be it high or low). Nobody should make
that decision based on the assumption of someone else that it is "safe"
though.
Johnny
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