Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Sep 2009 14:01 UTC
In France, the GPL has scored yet another major win in court. What makes this infringements case special is that it was filed not by the developers of the infringed-upon code, but by users, demonstrating that they, too, can successfully enforce the GPL. Since I noted on a few threads here on OSNews that a lot of people still fail to grasp the difference between an open source license and an EULA, I figured I'd take this opportunity to explain the difference one more time - using hand-crafted diagrams!
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2006-12-20
A lot of people/companies seem to have problems with the GPL when code is used without any understanding of what the GPL requires the developer to do. I think there needs to be more information put around to help people understand the need for caution. If you don't know what licence is used, find out. If you don't understand what the licence means, ask someone. This may involve asking a legal expert. You're only doing yourself a favour at the end of the day when your product doesn't get screwed up because you were blase about copyright issues.
Of course there are many parties around these days seeking to raise awareness of copyright issues but unfortunately this seems to be reduced to a brain-dead yell of "DON'T PIRATE STUFF MMKAY" which sadly will do very little to solve any other problems.