Ugly Huge BSD Monster

[Bill Moran]

<copius snippage>

Terry Lambert wrote:
>>That said, we live in a litigious world, and if some nasty person really
>>wants to sue you on flippant copyright or patent violation or other
>>grounds (like SCO), you must have deep pockets (like IBM).  Of all
>>organisations in the world, be assured that the FSF is the least likely
>>to sue you for anything less than brazen cut-and-pasting of entire
>>programs, despite your personal vendetta against them.
> 
> 
> What about if the GPL'ed code came from SCO or IBM, granting that
> SCO is litigious, and IBM has deep pockets?

My point here is that it's not the GPL that's causing the problems, it's
the legal system, and the copanies that try to use it as a revenue stream.
As long as the legal system allows people to file lawsuits as a method of
generating income (as opposed to actually protecting themselves) there will
always be the danger of _any_ license, copyright, or agreement of any kind
creating a lawsuit.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com