[License-review] For Approval: Rewrite of License Zero Reciprocal Public License

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Wed Nov 8 05:13:03 UTC 2017


Quoting Bruce Perens (bruce at perens.com):

> In the case of the GPL, Richard did not spell out what amount of code
> combination was de minimis. What I was trying to say was that in practice
> that does not matter, because nobody is compelled to GPL their large work
> for a de minimis combination.

Nobody is compelled for _any_ size combination.  This is an urban
legend:  The remedies available for copyright infringement do not
include specific performance, and you just cannot find examples of
judges attempting to invent one (and particularly not one ordering
release of the infringing party's property under licence terms not of
his/her choosing).

-- 
Haiku are "IP";                       Permission's hereby
Keen Unixes are, too.  GNU            Granted to deal in this poem
Is better, and free.                  Without restriction.
                           -- Seth David Schoen



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