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Re:Nano is no longer a GNU project by cm3 on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @10:41AM (#11954296)
> none of the suits was filed by individual developer who was contributing to the code base

Isn't that what actually happened in the GPL-Violations.org project with netfilter?

Re:Nano is no longer a GNU project by klakier on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @10:52AM (#11954364)
It makes me happy to see this. But still I'd advise using developer agreements, if you want the control of the project. And correct license of course!
Re:Nano is no longer a GNU project by cm3 on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @11:25AM (#11954650)
And it's proof that like Oracle suing Google over 10 lines of code, it's enough for one or more contributors to claim ownership of some (small) part as a basis to take, say, Netgear to court. Thus you don't necessarily need to assign copyright over to a single person or organization.