Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
by wmf on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @09:49PM
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Some people will comply which will give the developers enough money to hire lawyers.
Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
by Xelynega on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @11:16PM
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I'm in this picture and I don't like it. Hours of trying to convince management that it's actually not OK to release a product that's completely built on open source software without even attaching an open source license/acknowledgement to it.
Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
by ric2b on Thursday December 28, 2023 @04:46AM
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The FSF will sue companies on your behalf and has done so in the past.
Companies pirating GPL software should be aware that no matter how small the developer they are opening themselves to a slamdunk court case.
Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
by ranger_danger on Sunday December 31, 2023 @10:19PM
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They (along with the SFC, EFF and others) will only ever do so if you sign all copyright over to them, AND they have to want to help you specifically in the first place. I know many projects that have tried to go to them and were all told to pound sand.
It's not a slam-dunk case if you can't afford or aren't interested to litigate in the first place, which is many of such projects.
I know several corporations that actively violate the GPL license of "poor" people's projects that have no money or desire to litigate, so they get away with it.