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How are they too heavily handed? the only thing they ask for in negotiation and lawsuits is GPL compliance, they dont demand money, or anything else. If follow

• anon1385 9y ago
  > they dont demand money A linux developer demanding money from GPL violators is (seemingly) what triggered this action. See http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-beats-internal-legal-threat/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-beats-internal-legal-thre... >McHardy has sued companies for Linux GPLv2 violations in over 38 cases. In one, he'd requested a contractual penalty of €1.8 million. The company also claimed McHardy had already received over €2 million from his actions. >what exactly does "not heavy handed" mean It means not permanently revoking their licence to use the code again, even once they have become compliant. It's a common complaint made about the GPLv2 which was clarified in GPLv3
  • throwaway2048 9y ago
    The poster i was replying to was talking about SFC, not that case.
• kuschku 9y ago
  > If following the license is too much to ask for, what exactly does "not heavy handed" mean? The "enforcement" that Torvalds wants is what you see with Android today: Everyone ships blobs of kernel builds, with the source never released.
  • crankylinuxuser 9y ago
    And that shit needs to stop now. If I want to bloody recompile the LK on my phone to install a proper linux, that or other GPL tools shouldn't be blockers.