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The legal conclusion of a case where one embeds GPL Code, but doesn't release their own code is, as always in law, hard to predict. However gpl-violations.org d
by johannes1234321 5y ago
The legal conclusion of a case where one embeds GPL Code, but doesn't release their own code is, as always in law, hard to predict. However gpl-violations.org documents different court case which ended in publication of code based on GPL'd code.
- chrismorgan 5y agoOK, I see where you’re coming from now. I’m still sceptical that it’d be fundamentally any different: I wouldn’t expect a court to be able to compel them to release their code, only to order that they either comply or cease distribution, and issue fines—both of which would be the same on any license, though to be sure compliance is easier on permissive licenses than copyleft licenses. (I also note that you could easily have mingled other-licensed stuff that says you must not release the code; I wonder what a court would make of such a situation; I doubt that they’d quite order you to violate one license in order to comply with another.) Do you have a link for a particular case where an entity was ordered to release their software?
- goodpoint 5y ago> I wouldn’t expect a court to be able to compel them to release their code, only to order that they either comply or cease distribution Correct. On top of that, GPL is very lenient and provides multiple escape mechanisms. Also it does not require any damage compensation.