fun with GPL

[JoeHill]

Scott Elcomb wrote: 

> On 9/5/07, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Poking at a company apparently violating the GPL:
> >   http://myhava.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=499
> > Notice how they poke back.  
> 
> Notice how the Software Freedom Law Center pokes back too.
> 
> I lost track of this thread in the excitement (and fallout) of Startup
> Weekend Toronto, but now it looks like the Hava situation has turned
> into something more.  And not even just a suit, but the first in US
> history involving the GPL:
> 
> http://technocrat.net/d/2007/9/20/27216

One 'comment' I'm seeing a fair bit is that the SFLC is somehow 'jumping the
gun' or has 'rushed to litigate' in this case. As I see it, if you send someone
a formal notification of your dispute, and it is completely ignored, what else
is there to do?

Case in point:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/09/its_gpl_lawsuit.html

See the author's comment, last in the list, where he responds to corrections
from several readers by saying that even with a formal notice, it's still a
'rush to litigate'. 

It's amazing to me the extent to which, even when confronted with compelling
evidence that they've made a huge mistake, people will stubbornly stick to
their erroneous argument as if it's a sign of intellectual strength.

-- 
JoeHill
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Leela: "Great. We're two days from earth with no food." 
Bender: "Problem solved. You two fight to the death and I'll cook the
loser." 
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