From fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Welte Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:00:20 +0100 Subject: import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo --- 2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt (limited to '2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00031.txt') 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 + -- cgit v1.2.3