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| author | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100 |
| commit | fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 (patch) | |
| tree | a2011270df48d3501892ac1a56015c8be57e8a7d /2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt | |
import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo
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diff --git a/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt b/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a51b88f --- /dev/null +++ b/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +GNU GPL - Copyright helps Copyleft +Problems of GPL Enforcement + +Problems +distributed copyright +is an important safeguard +can make enforcement difficult, since copyright traditionally doesn't know cases with thousands of copyright holders +distribution of damages extremely difficult +the legal issue of having to do reverse engineering in order to prove copyright infringement(!) +only the copyright holder (in most cases the author) can do it +users discovering GPL'd software need to communicate those issues to all entitled parties (copyright holders) +infringers obfuscating and/or encrypting fres software as disguise + |