Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268270AbUJDAXM (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:23:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268271AbUJDAXM (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:23:12 -0400 Received: from lakermmtao01.cox.net ([68.230.240.38]:19599 "EHLO lakermmtao01.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268270AbUJDAXJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:23:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1096840917.16384.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <100120041740.9915.415D967600014EC2000026BB2200758942970A059D0A0306@comcast.net> <35fb2e590410011509712b7d1@mail.gmail.com> <415DD1ED.6030101@drdos.com> <1096738439.25290.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20041003114602.GA19761@alpha.home.local> <1096840917.16384.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8FD12A5A-159B-11D9-988F-000393ACC76E@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Jeff V. Merkey" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "jmerkey@comcast.net" , Willy Tarreau , jonathan@jonmasters.org From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 20:23:06 -0400 To: Alan Cox X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1139 Lines: 31 On Oct 03, 2004, at 18:01, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sul, 2004-10-03 at 12:46, Willy Tarreau wrote: >> Hmmm interesting clause which would make them think before they steal >> the >> code. Perhaps they would take more time to separate open and closed >> code >> then. The problem is to define whom this money should be sent to. > > Well I was thinking the $100,000 would just be for the bits I wrote in > that one file or that one driver, .... Wow, that would quickly add up. $100,000 for John Smith's 20 line patch, $100,000 for Jane Hacker's 2 line patch, etc. Ok, under said theoretical conditions an infringer might owe a _lot_ of money: $100,000 * 20 hackers * 200 copies sold = $400 million Heh. At some point the court has to clamp the damages, but those kinds of numbers would definitely get some attention from the legal staff of said hypothetical company. Cheers, Kyle Moffett - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/