From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
To: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
Cc: Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com>,
Richard Kenner <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>,
basile@starynkevitch.net, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, iant@google.com,
lopezibanez@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Why not contribute? (to GCC)
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:48:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BD57BE6.9090602@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BD55B8A.7030805@mark.mielke.cc>
On 04/26/2010 11:23 AM, Mark Mielke wrote:
> Personally, this whole issue is problematic to me. I really can't see
> why I would ever sue somebody for using software that I had declared
> free.
Because (a derivative of) it is being made nonfree?
> It wouldn't be worth my time and I have trouble understanding how
> I could demonstrate personal loss making the law suit worth persuing in
> the first place.
Perhaps because you know the code better than anyone else, so you could
provide paid support on that derivative as well.
Or maybe because you have to. There was a case of a free software
project (JMRI) being sued for patent infringement by a proprietary
software company. It turned out that the proprietary software included
source code from the free software project without attribution (copyleft
was not even necessary, as the project was under the Artistic License!).
In this case, the possibility to counter-sue saved the free software
programmer from having to pay millions of dollars.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-26 11:41 UTC|newest]
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2010-04-23 18:56 Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 19:04 ` Paolo Carlini
2010-04-23 19:24 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-23 19:58 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 20:43 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 21:49 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 22:18 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-23 23:20 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-25 15:34 ` Denys Vlasenko
2010-04-25 16:34 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 5:06 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-26 5:16 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 11:41 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-27 2:03 ` Russ Allbery
2010-04-27 2:58 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 14:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-23 19:34 ` Дмитрий Дьяченко
2010-04-23 19:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 19:53 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-24 16:00 ` Дмитрий Дьяченко
2010-04-24 16:02 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 16:45 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-24 18:07 ` Laurent GUERBY
2010-04-23 19:40 ` David Daney
2010-04-25 19:26 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-23 19:48 ` Marc Glisse
2010-04-23 20:06 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 21:36 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-23 21:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 0:05 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 0:37 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2010-04-24 0:47 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 0:48 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-24 1:37 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 20:26 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 21:46 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 22:16 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 22:48 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 0:28 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-26 0:30 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 0:37 ` Jack Howarth
2010-04-26 1:45 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 2:06 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 2:32 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 2:55 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-26 3:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 3:08 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 3:23 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 3:25 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 3:25 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 9:32 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-26 11:48 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2010-04-27 4:02 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 7:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-26 12:20 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 12:36 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 3:21 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 3:55 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 3:32 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 4:02 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 4:13 ` Russ Allbery
2010-04-26 4:32 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 4:36 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-26 4:22 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 9:23 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-24 1:39 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-23 22:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-25 19:37 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 21:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 4:32 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 4:54 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 9:41 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-26 17:14 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-04-26 17:19 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-23 22:18 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-23 22:53 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 0:04 ` Joe Buck
2010-04-24 0:21 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 1:00 ` Joe Buck
2010-04-24 0:08 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 0:35 ` Joe Buck
2010-04-24 0:41 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2010-04-24 1:32 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-24 1:39 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 2:13 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-24 5:14 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-24 6:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 1:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 19:54 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 21:42 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 10:26 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 10:39 ` Eric Botcazou
2010-04-24 13:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 4:20 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 8:40 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 10:56 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 14:59 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 15:04 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 15:20 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 15:21 ` H.J. Lu
2010-04-25 21:37 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-25 16:30 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 16:54 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-25 17:04 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 17:09 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 17:05 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-25 17:05 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 17:08 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-26 9:07 ` Andrew Haley
2010-04-25 19:19 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-25 21:24 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 5:14 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 7:17 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 11:59 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 15:12 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 16:59 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 17:26 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-26 18:04 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 2:16 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 3:02 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 20:43 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-27 5:10 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-27 12:27 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 19:28 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 20:53 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 21:06 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 21:42 ` Chris Lattner
2010-04-26 22:18 ` Toon Moene
2010-04-27 2:56 ` Mark Mielke
2010-04-27 3:04 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 4:54 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-25 17:16 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 17:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 17:58 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-25 21:17 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 16:26 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 18:04 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-25 12:43 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-23 20:03 ` HyperQuantum
2010-04-23 20:14 ` HyperQuantum
2010-04-23 20:19 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 20:24 ` Paweł Sikora
2010-04-23 20:42 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 20:51 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 21:05 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 22:01 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-24 9:19 ` Jonathan Wakely
2010-04-24 10:51 ` Paweł Sikora
2010-04-24 11:10 ` Andi Hellmund
2010-04-24 12:12 ` Joseph S. Myers
2010-04-24 13:20 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 13:53 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:14 ` Toon Moene
2010-04-24 2:09 ` Tim Prince
2010-04-24 5:08 ` Dave Korn
2010-04-23 20:32 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-23 20:22 ` Michael Witten
2010-04-23 20:59 ` Florian Weimer
2010-04-23 22:06 ` Russ Allbery
2010-04-24 8:53 ` Michael Veksler
2010-04-24 19:43 ` Thomas Neumann
2010-04-24 20:03 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-24 20:28 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 20:37 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-24 20:37 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 20:43 ` Richard Guenther
2010-04-24 20:39 ` Richard Guenther
2010-04-24 20:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 21:40 ` Andi Hellmund
2010-04-24 22:19 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-25 12:54 ` Eric Botcazou
2010-04-25 13:01 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 13:10 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-25 14:55 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2010-04-25 17:36 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-25 20:41 ` Richard Guenther
2010-04-24 20:46 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-05-04 7:13 ` Theodore Papadopoulo
2010-05-04 20:51 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 21:03 ` Martin Guy
2010-04-24 21:27 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 12:35 Ross Ridge
2010-04-24 12:56 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-24 13:29 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 14:23 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 19:48 ` Florian Weimer
2010-04-24 20:23 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 15:44 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-04-25 15:54 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-25 16:00 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-25 16:00 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-25 16:48 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-25 16:18 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 16:50 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-04-26 16:54 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 17:03 ` Jonathan Corbet
2010-04-26 19:53 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-26 20:03 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-26 20:04 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 19:52 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 19:56 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-04-27 21:05 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 21:20 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-27 21:33 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 21:40 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-27 22:33 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-27 22:33 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-27 22:53 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-29 8:50 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-04-26 17:04 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-26 17:15 ` Steven Bosscher
2010-04-26 18:00 ` Olivier Galibert
2010-04-25 16:35 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-24 14:21 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:31 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2010-04-24 14:34 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:39 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-24 14:40 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 14:45 ` Manuel López-Ibáñez
2010-04-24 19:36 ` Leif Ekblad
2010-04-24 19:47 ` Joel Sherrill
2010-04-25 11:07 ` Leif Ekblad
2010-04-25 11:25 ` Ralf Wildenhues
2010-04-24 12:51 Matthew J Fletcher
2010-04-26 9:46 Ross Ridge
2010-04-26 12:32 ` Richard Kenner
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2010-04-26 15:11 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
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