On 22/01/12 18:55, Vic wrote:
>> It isn't such a
>> huge leap to move that to an open source project.
>
> It isn't for us - but I really don't think the same can be said for some
> of the PHBs in those companies...
>
> I was recently contracting at a large multinational. During my time there,
> I found that they were breaching the GPL in just about all their products.
> I also showed them that a two-line addition to the manual would bring them
> into compliance with the licence, and everything would be fine. Not doing
> anything risked the whole business unit.
>
> It's simple, isn't it? You make the section 3(b) promise, and the problems
> go away.
>
> Well, they didn't see it like that. I was very nearly frogmarched off site
> for even mentioning it, and at the point I did leave, they were still
> non-compliant. The PHBs had decided that they didn't care about copyright,
> and if anything did happen, they'd "just buy a licence".
>
> There really is no reasoning with some people...
>
Yes true, but so it was with licensed software until people life FAST
came along and companies realised they could be sued for huge amounts of
money and changed their attitude!
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