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In the time leading up to the next Kernel Summit topics are presented and discussed beforehand on the Ksummit-discuss mailing list. There [CORE TOPIC] GPL defense issues was introduced. Even though Linus is not subscribed to this list he speaks his mind, bluntly. A good read.
I'm not aware of anybody but the lawyers and crazy people that were happy about how the BusyBox situation ended up. Please pipe up if you actually know differently. All it resulted in was a huge amount of bickering, and both individual and commercial developers and users fleeing in droves. Botht he original maintainer and the maintainer that started the lawsuits ended up publicly saying it was a disaster.
So I think the whole GPL enforcement issue is absolutely something that should be discussed, but it should be discussed with the working title.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday September 04 2016, @09:09PM
The hatred of the lawyers in particular was due to the fact that lawyers don't see lawsuits as a personal thing, while everybody else does.
To them its just money in their pocket, no matter if they win or lose, and no matter what carnage they leave in their wake.
To the people on both sides, those who end up as carnage even if they prevail, there seldom is any "clear win".
Lawyers: The ISIS of the business world.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.