Re: More FSF hypocrisy

[amicus_curious]

"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message 
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> amicus_curious wrote:
> > It is sort of cutting their own throat, though.  If something has no 
> > commercial value, being free as in beer, any case asking for monetary 
> > damages for violating its copyright could simply result in a summary 
> > judgement for zero compensation.
>
> The infringers would still be enjoined from creating further copies,
> which would be fine from a GPL enforcement point of view. I think the
> FSF might consider the loss of monetary damages for themselves to be
> a fair trade.

Maybe, maybe not.  Once the free software is deemed to not cause any harm 
due to copying, the balance of harms points the other way.  The user who 
violates the copyright is harmed by having his business closed down, whereas 
the copyright holder is not harmed by having the user stay in business. 
That argues against any injunction.