{"id":27163,"date":"2016-12-23T11:11:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T09:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27163"},"modified":"2016-12-23T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T09:11:17","slug":"gpl-defense-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/23\/gpl-defense-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL defense issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A friend sent me a link to this email<\/a> from Linus Torvalds to the Kernel Summit Discussion mailing list. \u00a0The subject of the conversation is the General Public License (GPL) and whether or not it should be enforced in courts. \u00a0Read the whole thing – it’s quite interesting. \u00a0Here are a few snippets just to get you started:<\/p>\n

Let’s be clear about this: lawsuits destroy. They don’t “protect”.<\/p>\n

Lawsuits destroy community. They destroy trust. They would destroy all the goodwill we’ve built up over the years by being nice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then this:<\/p>\n

Because lawsuits – and even threats of lawsuits – makes companies way less likely to see you as a good guy. Even when you’re threatening
\nsomebody else, everybody else around the target starts getting really
\nreally antsy.<\/p>\n

I talked to an Oracle lawyer a few months ago, and told him their
\nlawsuit just makes Oracle look bad. The lawyer was dismissive, and
\ntried to explain how it’s silly how people take lawsuits personally,
\nand talked about how layers _understand_ that lawsuits aren’t
\npersonal, and that they are still friends outside the court.<\/p>\n

I’m sure a lawyer can “understand” how lawsuits aren’t actually
\nsomething personal at all, but lawyers really seem to be the *only*
\npeople who “understand” that.<\/p>\n

The fact is, lawsuits (and threats of lawsuits) do not make for
\nfriends. You just look like a bully.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

A friend sent me a link to this email from Linus Torvalds to the Kernel Summit Discussion mailing list. \u00a0The subject of the conversation is the General Public License (GPL) and whether or not it should be enforced in courts. \u00a0Read the whole thing – it’s quite interesting. \u00a0Here are a few snippets just to … Continue reading GPL defense issues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"GPL defense issues #OpenSource #Linux #LinusTorvalds #GPL #licenses #law","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,62,1334],"tags":[559,577,3153,2925,2912],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-gpl","tag-law","tag-licences","tag-linus-torvalds","tag-open-source"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26382,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/29\/linus-torvalds-loves-gpl\/","url_meta":{"origin":27163,"position":0},"title":"Linus Torvalds loves GPL","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Slashdot links to this CIO article, which quotes Linus Torvalds on the importance of the General Public License (GPL): \"FSF [Free Software Foundation] and I don't have a loving relationship, but I love GPL v2,\" said Torvalds. \"I really think the license has been one of the defining factors in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29022,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/24\/on-submitting-trivial-patches\/","url_meta":{"origin":27163,"position":1},"title":"On submitting trivial patches","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hacker News points to this Linux kernel patch, done by a 4-year old.\u00a0 With some assistance, of course, but still impressive.\u00a0 And while the story is cute, the comments are even better.\u00a0 In particular, a link to this email from Linus Torvalds, talking about the importance of the small and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16831,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/12\/linux-torvalds-answers-slashdot-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":27163,"position":2},"title":"Linus Torvalds answers Slashdot questions","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 12, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"Linus Torvalds answers Slashdot questions Once in a while Slashdot runs a story to collect and vote questions to be asked of a person of interest. \u00a0This time, it's Linux kernel' father - Linus Torvalds. \u00a0As always with Slashdot, the questions are on a variety of subjects - Linux kernel,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23822,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/07\/10-years-of-git-an-interview-with-git-creator-linus-torvalds\/","url_meta":{"origin":27163,"position":3},"title":"10 Years of Git: An Interview with Git Creator Linus Torvalds","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Linux.com reminds us that git is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. \u00a0An interview with git creator Linus Torvalds sheds some light on to how and why it happened, and how long it took. 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