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It's never just ignoranceIt's never just ignorancePosted Jul 24, 2004 23:18 UTC (Sat) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167)In reply to: OLS: Enforcing the GPL by stockholm Parent article: OLS: Enforcing the GPL A case doesn't get to court without the parties having prior contact. If they screwed up through ignorance (as you suggest) that's a great time to say "Ok, hand on my heart I screwed up, and I'm going to drop everything to give you what you want." Whereas on the other hand if they've already explicitly decided that they're not too interested in obeying the terms of the license, then when someone threatens a lawsuit they're going to say "Sure pal, whatever. You haven't got anything on me" and hope it's a bluff. This guy isn't bluffing. That's all it comes down to.
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It's never just ignorance Posted Jul 25, 2004 14:43 UTC (Sun) by fjf33 (subscriber, #5768) [Link] Not from what I read. It seems his policy (as opposed to FSF's) is to get the lawyers out fast and get to trial fast so that companies don't drag their feet. Essentially he assumes there is an intent to steal from the corporations to begin with. Not a mistake or missinformation as the previous poster does. Is the FSF disingenous? Maybe, maybe not.
It's never just ignorance Posted Jul 26, 2004 13:19 UTC (Mon) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224) [Link] At this point, any company that uses GPL'd software knows what the license means. If they don't, they deserve to get sued, and fast. I'd be completely surprised if there are any cases of a company using GPL'd software and not complying with the license through ignorance. Which means that companies are making the concious decision to NOT comply with the GPL - so they get sued - so what, they'll drag it out in court until it doesn't matter any more. If you don't think this is a concious business decision on their part, you are completely naive. Companies do this as a matter of course, regardless of the nature of the license on the software they are using (commercial or otherwise). The intent to steal is definately there, as is the intent to delay getting taken to court as long as possible.
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