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Protecting the open-source license commons

Protecting the open-source license commons

Posted Nov 6, 2018 6:02 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Protecting the open-source license commons by bkuhn
Parent article: Protecting the open-source license commons

I can make a sizeable donation personally, but I probably won't be able to fund the whole lawsuit. How about a crowd-funding campaign though?

I understand that the actual lawsuits are not easy, but you do have to start somewhere.

It would be nice if you changed your policy to reflect that you WILL sue for punitive damages. To avoid moral conflict, pledge all the damages (minus lawsuit costs) to fund OpenSource development and further enforcement.


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Protecting the open-source license commons

Posted Nov 6, 2018 18:04 UTC (Tue) by bkuhn (subscriber, #58642) [Link]

Not sure what you mean by punitive damages. Copyright cases in the USA have actual and statutory damages. In the BusyBox cases, Conservancy asked for both the maximum allowable. The cases settled, but our claim was for the most the court would allow.


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