> -----Original Message----- > From: kernelnewbies-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rik van Riel > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:38 PM > To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Kernel contributions from organisations and individual privacy > > On 06/11/2015 07:26 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > Not at all. You have a good point there are definitely legal > > situations other than relicensing which are problematic. > > > > Lets say Apple decides that are going to take the Linux Kernel and > > alter it extensively, in order for it to work with a new hardware > > platform that they created. And lets say don't return the code base to the > public. > > Now who is going to protect the license and sue them? You have > > literaly thousands of partiticpants who have standing now in this case. > > That means a thousand possible plaintiffs. > > s/Apple/VMware/ and you get this: > > http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/ > I don't see in that web site the amount of damages they are asking for. Maybe I missed it. Might get more money coming in for the plaintiff's lawyers if instead of asking for contributions that yield a tee shirt, it was constructed more like an investment, as in X% of total "contributions" gets the investor X% of (damages - legal fees) should they win. Might as well use the patent troll model to do some good for a change. 8^) Jeff Haran _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
