SFC: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

Posted Mar 17, 2023 6:17 UTC (Fri) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958)
In reply to: SFC: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next by iabervon
Parent article: SFC: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

> I think a lot of developers of GPLed projects, they don't feel personally harmed when companies use their code without obeying the license

I've never used a permissive license when I've had my say. I would totally feel personally harmed should I find out a company is violating the license.

SFC: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

Posted Mar 18, 2023 19:49 UTC (Sat) by mmaug (subscriber, #61003) [Link] (2 responses)

(Currently at LibrePlanet 2023)

I CHOOSE a copyleft license so that my efforts cannot be hidden nor stolen by those interested in making money rather than enhancing the collective knowledge.

SFC: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

Posted Mar 23, 2023 11:22 UTC (Thu) by kpfleming (subscriber, #23250) [Link] (1 responses)

Unfortunately 'cannot' in that sentence is a goal, not reality. The only thing stopping those actors from doing the things you wish to disallow is your ability to pursue actions against them to make them stop. There is no independent enforcement body who can do it on your behalf (and with its own funding).

SFC: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

Posted Mar 23, 2023 14:18 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link]

Yes yes, in the same sense as "you can't just go up to someone and stab him".

Of course you can, but hopefully the disincentives are sufficient.