This keeps cropping up. GPL isnt free as in free beer. It has a cost. You can use the fruit of someone's labour in return for yours. Labour can and is very frequently expressed in monetarian value (read wages), so damages can be asked and given for breaking copyright. Think about a writer writing a piece but never getting any money for it. Then someone else takes his essay/book/whatever and uses it in his own work and makes big bucks from it. You bet the court is going to award damages!
I'm sure I've got some in my cupboard, somewhere..., Let's see..., I use to have a SUN pizabox on tokenring..., (dig, dig.....) Must have been 8 years ago..., BTW where did I put that token?
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This keeps cropping up. GPL isnt free as in free beer. It has a cost. You can use the fruit of someone's labour in return for yours. Labour can and is very frequently expressed in monetarian value (read wages), so damages can be asked and given for breaking copyright. Think about a writer writing a piece but never getting any money for it. Then someone else takes his essay/book/whatever and uses it in his own work and makes big bucks from it. You bet the court is going to award damages!
IBM?
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I'm sure I've got some in my cupboard, somewhere...,
Let's see..., I use to have a SUN pizabox on tokenring..., (dig, dig.....)
Must have been 8 years ago..., BTW where did I put
that token?
Now am i dated or not