Harald Welte on the flood of GPL violations

Posted Jun 29, 2006 7:39 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Harald Welte on the flood of GPL violations by drag
Parent article: Harald Welte on the flood of GPL violations

"It'll probably weaken your position in court though."

Yup. In the US it's called "laches", and yes it will weaken your position in court.

In Germany, where Harald is, it's a statutory defence and will *destroy* your position in court. So Harald is forced to pursue violators immediately he finds out (I think it's 60 days), otherwise the law then gives them a free pass...

Cheers,
Wol