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Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by ClumsyPilot on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:37AM (#39591027)
> What is a derivative” has feed millions of lawyer’s family’s, imo this type of broad interpretation does not belong in OSS

I am sorry but your view is dying out because it’s unrealistic.

Most things in life have grey areas, most things in life have legal concerns and liability attached.

Even the simplest possible things, like If you sell bicycles and someone breaks their neck, they could sue and there will be grey areas as to the bicycles’s quality. If you sell food and someone gets food poisoning, same thing.

The fact that software developers could make millions and never worry about law, is a giant privilege and it’s disappearing because software is no longer just for kittens and porn, it is now everywhere and it’s responsible for life and limb

Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by SV_BubbleTime on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:36PM (#39594138)
Show me where quality of software is in this discussion.
Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL by ClumsyPilot on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:10PM (#39596831)
That’s a different criteria.

The software now has to compliant. Its not always higher quality