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(the point is valid even if the wording is questionable: FSF doesn't have the resources or expertise to sue even known GPL abusers) |
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:It's true though that [[GFDL]] makes the copyright holder even more ambiguous and really does make it quite impossible to sue. At least according to James Day and other lawyers who've looked at the problem. A lot of people now prefer [[Creative Commons]] for this very reason, as it has at least a minimal consortium put together. | :It's true though that [[GFDL]] makes the copyright holder even more ambiguous and really does make it quite impossible to sue. At least according to James Day and other lawyers who've looked at the problem. A lot of people now prefer [[Creative Commons]] for this very reason, as it has at least a minimal consortium put together. | ||
::(Sorry for taking so long to respond to this, but for the past month or so I was told this wiki was broken. Just today I discovered that it was at a new URL.) The FSF disagrees with you that it cannot stop GPL violators [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]. It is quite true there have been no lawsuits, but that it because everyone the FSF talked to decided to stop without one. They also say they are quite capable of suing if anyone should dare to break the copyright on FSF software. Who exactly are these GPL abusers that the FSF is ignoring? | |||
::Your comments discuss ''only'' the FSF, which I did not mention. Even if the FSF had problems, it would not mean that all people who hold GPL copyrights had problems. There is no apparent connection with a company having the funds to sue and the licenses of its software products. The GFDL is also irrelevant to the matter. Eric119 [[User:209.145.192.46|209.145.192.46]] 00:50, 28 Apr 2004 (EEST) | |||