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I think it was not too bad, they took it down after you complained. Having the license helped. I assume you could sue them for having used your software withou

I think it was not too bad, they took it down after you complained. Having the license helped. I assume you could sue them for having used your software without a license for 3 years. But what would be the amount of damage they'd be ordered to pay you? Some portion of the profit they made by running your software? In general I wonder what is the remedy when an open-source license is violated. For open source software there are often many contributors, maybe hundreds. Should there therefore be a class-action lawsuit and should they all get some compensation? What happens if someone violates Linux open source license? Who would sue on whose behalf, who would be compensated?

merb 6y ago
the company was based in the netherlands I guess? so class action lawsuits weren't really a thing inside the eu. basically vw helped that maybe they are coming: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-classaction-idUSKBN23U1NL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-classaction-idUSKBN23U... https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20200630STO82384/new-rules-to-allow-collective-eu-consumer-action https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/202... it's neither a law nor a directive yet. I expect something in nov/dec if covid does not getting worse.