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0 pointsharry83y ago0 comments

{L,}GPLv{2,3} has corporate lawyers consistently shitting themselves. I derive meaning from this.

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Then I hate to break it to you but that’s totally not true. It might have PMs or engineers shitting themselves, but the lawyers don’t really care. It’s just not a big deal.

pdntspa3y ago

They play that game because they have to. Your average Joe is not going to be sued for ignoring a license.

A law is only as good as its enforcement.

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0 pointsharry83y ago0 comments

{L,}GPLv{2,3} has corporate lawyers consistently shitting themselves. I derive meaning from this.

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Godel_unicode3y ago

Then I hate to break it to you but that’s totally not true. It might have PMs or engineers shitting themselves, but the lawyers don’t really care. It’s just not a big deal.

pdntspa3y ago

They play that game because they have to. Your average Joe is not going to be sued for ignoring a license.

A law is only as good as its enforcement.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse