Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] GPL enforcement actions

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 07/07/2015 12:51 PM, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> The point is that we aren't attempting to reach a simple resolution
> with a 'right answer'. There are parties with different desires — from
> demanding strict compliance with the *maximum* they can argue for the
> GPL to mean, to basically wanting to act as if it's a BSD licence, in
> order to avoid scaring commercial users away and feeding FUD stories
> like this one¹.
>
I think that article is just a sign of the current Zeitgeist.
Everything has to be scary nowadays, or it doesn't count.

> It would be useful to have an idea of where the average core developer
> falls within that spectrum — that was the first specific thing I was
> hoping would come from the proposed session.
>
> The other specific goal (and perhaps the more important one) was to
> have a coherent report about the enforcement actions and behind-the
> -scenes negotiations w.r.t compliance that there is so much
> misinformation and politicking about.
>
> To that end, we should probably invite Bradley Kuhn or Karen Sandler
> from SF Conservancy to talk about their efforts. And someone from the
> LF TAB will presumably also be there to discuss the compliance
> viewpoint from the LF side.
>
... and then have the LF attorneys brief LF member companies about the
outcome of the meeting. I always find those legal briefings very useful.

Guenter