[Asterisk-Dev] GPL Violation http://www.asteriskwin32.com/

[Rich Murphey]

David Woodhouse wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:57 +1200, Derek Smithies wrote:
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>> The question is: has the guy sold product?
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>>If he is still developing, but not sold product, then fine. 
>>  There is no GPL violation.
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>This is incorrect. The GPL comes into effect when you _distribute_ the
>program. Sales have absolutely nothing to do with it.
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If the violation is known and the author chooses not to enforce it, it 
becomes harder to enforce later becuase it can be argued that there was 
tacit permission.  Furthermore, this arguemnt can be used by others to 
repeat the violation for various purposes, regardless of the purpose of 
this violation.

Rich