[LUAU] a different open source issue, from Maui

Vince Hoang vince at litrium.com
Sat Mar 12 20:12:58 PST 2005


On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:56:49PM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote:
> If you're curious as to why Maui X-Stream, Inc. isn't being forced to 
> stop what they're doing, this is where things get a little tricky.

http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/15/news/story2.html
http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/19/news/story3.html

I am not sure how deep MXS' pockets are, but the quotes from the
Star Bulletin make for good fodder should a lawsuit ever arise.

> To my knowledge, the GPL has never been seriously tested in an American 
> court -- at least partially because it's considered to be legally 
> solid. 

Has the GPL ever been tested in any court of law?

> A big stumbling block is that a bunch of guys contributing code
> in their spare time after work generally don't have the money
> necessary to launch a civil suit against a company to get an
> injunction, let alone one in another state, let alone one in
> another state that's a Pacific away. It gets worse when you
> realize not everyone is necessarily even in the United States.

The team can donate the code to the FSF and have the EFF do the
work on their behalf.

-Vince



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