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Posted Feb 1, 2012 2:31 UTC (Wed) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
In reply to: Sealed by BrucePerens
Parent article: Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

> Very large damage payments.

IMHO, this is likely an easier thing for a company than ongoing compliance verification and potential litigation.

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Posted Feb 1, 2012 3:13 UTC (Wed) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

IMHO, this is likely an easier thing for a company than ongoing compliance verification and potential litigation.

I am not getting that impression from the companies I work with. They express worse sentiments about their industry partners (one company calls them "frenemies") than they do about us. And you've never seen a truly messed-up work situation for engineers until you've worked in a company that is highly intellectual-property oriented. When they bring me in, I feel more like their therapist than their consultant.