"It's as if mathematicians, physicists, and architects all had to be in the same department."
They were. It's called Philosophy. That's the great thing about CS in this period of history - its pioneering. It hasn't (yet) had a thousand years of academia to dry the life out of it.
Yes and no. In most contracts the record company essentially has the right to recoup these costs from the artist's royalties. However the other side of it is that if the record flops, the record company is stuck holding the bill.
How about this: Form a non-profit organization that essentially works like the BSA: threatens to sue non-compliant companies. Proceeds from successful lawsuits (after the lawyers take their incentive-producing fee) would be donated to open source projects.
I'm not a huge fan of litigation, but it seems to me to be the best way of creating a "GPL Police".
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"It's as if mathematicians, physicists, and architects all had to be in the same department." They were. It's called Philosophy. That's the great thing about CS in this period of history - its pioneering. It hasn't (yet) had a thousand years of academia to dry the life out of it.
Yes and no. In most contracts the record company essentially has the right to recoup these costs from the artist's royalties. However the other side of it is that if the record flops, the record company is stuck holding the bill.
How about this: Form a non-profit organization that essentially works like the BSA: threatens to sue non-compliant companies. Proceeds from successful lawsuits (after the lawyers take their incentive-producing fee) would be donated to open source projects. I'm not a huge fan of litigation, but it seems to me to be the best way of creating a "GPL Police".