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Re: GPL and other licences


From: Alfred M. Szmidt
Subject: Re: GPL and other licences
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:20:47 +0100

   > The point isn't about caring or not caring, many people license
   > things under the GPL and don't care if the work is used in
   > non-free programs.  It is still a license violation; only that
   > nobody knows about it or can prove that it happend.

   In which case the law doesn't consider itself competent to
   intervene.  Absence of proof means innocence. What you are talking
   about is morality, not legality.

I'm talking about legality.  Law has nothing to do with morals, sadly.
Otherwise, you're entierly correct; but it is still a violation of the
law.




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