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Re: Question about GPL theft
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Question about GPL theft |
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:20:51 +0200 |
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richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
> In article <mailman.1834.1176008593.7795.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
> Tin Tin <open07@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> One of the BSDs copies some GPL'ed code and releases it under the BSD
>>> license.
>
>>What you stated has just happened.
>
> I think he knows about what happened. He's asking who would be
> liable if Microsoft then used the BSD code.
Microsoft, of course. If they paid somebody for the BSD licensing,
they might sue that person/party in turn for damages/non-fulfillment.
But that does not change that the copyright holder can ask a court to
stop Microsoft from distributing his software, and can claim damages
if he can make a plausible case for them.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum