Github ToS and Open Source

Ralf Mardorf silver.bullet at zoho.com
Fri Mar 3 17:24:45 UTC 2017


On Fri, 03 Mar 2017 17:37:55 +0100, Xen wrote:
>Different question: is there a directory of legal cases that have 
>actually been fought in the name of source licensing?

I don't know, but there were several ludicrous flames about licensing
issues on Linux mailing lists, that resulted in discontinued forks and
all kinds of discord. Without ever becoming a legal case, unfair
pressure easily happens by orthodox Linux communities. This could have
more impact than a legal case by a constitutional court.
IIRC this was such a case:
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2013-September/034140.html





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