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Out of curiosity, how often do violations of open source software licenses result in enforcement (e.g. court case)? Even then, it seems the worse case is a req
by thinkski 5y ago
Out of curiosity, how often do violations of open source software licenses result in enforcement (e.g. court case)? Even then, it seems the worse case is a requirement retroactively adhere to the license — monetary penalties seem like they wouldn’t apply to something being given away at no charge anyway, right?
As a independent open source author, if big corp doesn’t abide by my license, am I really going to pay lawyers from my modest savings to sue them so that they abide by my license? Seems there’s a practical asymmetry that makes open source licensing largely theoretical for all but a handful of the biggest projects out there. Of course, I’d very much like to be proven wrong.