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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by nikanj on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:34AM (#39589223)
The legal precedent seems to be "If you steal GPL code, 14 years later you have to pay $650k - assuming the developer didn't give up before that"
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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by bsza on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:42AM (#39589279)
One of the key advantages to a legal precedent is that the next time it won’t take 14 years.
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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by lolinder on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:34AM (#39590277)
France has a civil law system [0] which doesn't place nearly as strong an emphasis on precedent as common law does, so this specific case probably won't help speed anything up.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)

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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by arlort on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:37AM (#39590297)
Precedent isn't binding in civil law systems, but that doesn't mean it is ignored. Especially when set by higher courts
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