Re: Potential LSR licensing violations

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On 20/10/2022 11:34, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> The LSR distributes a piece of GPLed code under GPL-incompatible
> terms, which is illegal, period. I don't think I am imagining
> a problem here. Being an LSR-editor now, I don't like having
> my responsibility involved in copyright infringement.

And as the linux kernel found out, David is wrong saying that only the 
copyright holder can take enforcement action.

German law allows people to take enforcement action without the 
copyright holder's knowledge or consent. And somebody took active 
advantage of that.

Cheers,
Wol