July 27, 2004
GPL Compliance for Software Developers
Why Compliance
Why Compliance
GPL violations are copyright violations
Statutory damages are up to $150,000 per infringement
GPL violations can require serious product re-engineering
The GPL protects itself
§ 4 says that violations terminate the license
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