[scribus] Copyright -- Free to copy license (Murray Strome)

Phil Mendelsohn phil at rephil.org
Tue Aug 12 03:57:36 CEST 2008


Actually, what license you put on anything really doesn't matter if you 
don't enforce violation of the terms.

If someone infringes a copyright, the sky doesn't fall - but the 
copyright is evidence the plaintiff can use in a suit (or a deterent to 
litigation).  If you don't file suit, nothing happens.

Same with infringing licenses - if you don't take any action, the terms 
of the license aren't in play.

So rather than worry about licenses, one should have a strategy for 
enforcement - or blow it off and get back to coding/writing/... ;)

Just 2 cents of opinion...


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