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Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)

Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)

Posted Jun 5, 2008 19:44 UTC (Thu) by lutchann (subscriber, #8872)
In reply to: Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com) by charlieb
Parent article: Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)

There is no reason to believe that monetary damages and injunction against future distribution
are the "worst" remedies that could be imposed by any court.  This is particularly true if the
requirements of the GPL are construed to be contractual obligations, as they would be with
most license agreements that cover proprietary software.


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