From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Aug 14 14:50:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 4AE66151BD; Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA881CD895; Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:50:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:50:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Kip Macy Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Kip Macy wrote: [ Moved to -chat ] > After seeing this discussion go on for just a wee bit too long, I have a > couple of questions for the armchair lawyers to answer. Has anyone ever > successfully enforced the GPL? (in other words, has anyone ever violated > it then been sued over it?) If not, how enforcable is it? From the length > of the discussion I get the impression that it would just boil down to > who had better the lawyer. > > Putting my flamesuit on. I don't believe it's ever been tested in court. Many people believe it would not stand up, although the FSF would certainly have a lot of money behind them if it was seriously challenged in court. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message