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Honest question: Is a license violation not equivalent to unlicensed use of code? I mean, if you don't meet the terms of a license, you're not eligible to use
by Whitestrake 9y ago
Honest question:
Is a license violation not equivalent to unlicensed use of code?
I mean, if you don't meet the terms of a license, you're not eligible to use the code under that license. That means you have no license to the code, and therefore are in breach of copyright, no?
How is that different from just using someone else's code outright - you're breaching copyright and you're not licensed, no?
- mohaine 9y agoWell, the difference in that case is that it isn't license violation at all. This case is a trade secret violation. Since Goldman Sachs never released the source code, it is by definition a trade secret which Sergey Aleynikov was not allowed to release or utilize outside of his job at Goldman Sachs. If Goldman Sachs ever officially released the software it could be a copyright or license violation but this isn't the case.