Re: Any estimates of illegal use of GPL / LGPL software ?

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Geico Caveman wrote:
> 
> Are there any guesstimates about illegal use of GPL'ed / LGPL'ed code by
> vendors of proprietary software (like using such code in a proprietary
> application that is released only as a binary) ?
> 
> This can happen both with and without the vendor's knowledge / approval.
> Like deadline pressed programmers copying code wholesale, changing the
> appearance of the GUI sufficiently, etc.


I am the main author of two libraries, one GPL and one LGPL.

One three separate occasions I have received notifications from
people about my libraries being used in ways that was not allowed
licenses.

On each of these occasions, I sent email to the distributor of the 
infringing software and in each case the distributor came into 
compliance within a week.

At least for my two libraries, I do not believe that there currently
exists any software infringing on my copyright.

HTH,
Erik
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