Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar

[Chris Ahlstrom]

After takin' a swig o' grog, Rahul Dhesi belched out
  this bit o' wisdom:

> Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
>
>>Rahul Dhesi wrote:
>>> Your baseline is wrong.
>
>>No, it's not. How else should GPL enforcement work?...
>
> A disingenuous question.
>
> A victory occurs where potential wrong-doers get the message that if
> they violate the GPL for a period, they will end up with a net loss due
> to having paid damages to the copyright owner that exceed their benefit
> for the period of violation.
>
> If potential wrong-doers get the message that they can violate the GPL
> for some years, and then cease to violate it and only pay insignificant
> damages, then that is a defeat for the copyright owner, not a victory.

Why would anyone want to inflict a "net loss" on them for violating the GPL?

The point is to get their modifications properly opened.  Better late then
never.

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