Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - Sorry if this is a duplicate

Michael Fisher wrote: <snip> Over the years, I have had about a dozen similar violations of the LGPL under which I release libsndfile. Every single time I have contacted a company or individual which is doing the wrong thing they have backed down and either come into compliance with the LGPL or stopped using libsndfile. However, each time this has happened, it was someone on the net informing me privately of the violation and then me contact the company/individual doing the wrong thing privately. I honestly think that keeping things quiet and private decreases the chances of the offender digging in their heels and trying to fight it because the threat of public humiliation hangs over them. Once they have already been publicly humiliated they may not have much more to loose. In a case like this where multiple components are being distributed illegally it is probably worthwhile sending a single email undersigned by as many of the copyright holders as possible. When there are multiple copyright holders at stake the guilty party must see that their chances are so much worse. One policy I took on very early in the development of libsndfile was to actively encourage people, in as many geographical locations as possible) to add their names to the copyright notices. This means that if some in country X is violating the LGPL there is a reasonably good chance that there is a copyright holder in that country. HTH, Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/