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Businesses founded on intellectual property protection tend to take it pretty seriously! I don't think "Find me a judge!" is the right response. We could coun
by kemitchell 8y ago
Businesses founded on intellectual property protection tend to take it pretty seriously!
I don't think "Find me a judge!" is the right response. We could count the number of US opinions on breach or infringement under any public software license terms on hands and fingers.
A lot happens before we get to that point. Companies set up elaborate open source license compliance policies and processes to make sure they don't get that far. And not just to control the legal risk. Especially for companies hiring software developers, or benefiting from "open source" in their marketing, making the trade press for trampling over some independent developer's LICENSE file won't go over well.
But if you'd like to focus on doctrine: Are you sure voiding "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." for vagueness gets the licensee-defendant off? Maybe for a breach claim. How about the infringement claim? Write one vague sentence in a copyright license, lose your copyright?