Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

[MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>]

Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> If the licensor doesn't have enough money to enforce them, then yes, I
> think they're pointless. What's the point of a license that you can't
> enforce?

A licence can communicate your wishes to others clearly and
it's a sort of promise to your collaborators that you won't
come back and hunt them down when you do have money to protect
your copyright.

I know some like to obsess about courts, but even without lawyer
backing, copyright licences have social and practical effects.

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