On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 09:33:12PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:I'm in the UK, and if I wasn't but the choice of venue specified "England and Wales", I'd probably have a very nice holiday at the copyright holder's expense :-)Look at SCOG and how they got dealt with in Germany ...What license did SCOG have that specified Germany as a choice of venue?
They didn't.But they made loads of noise about how linux infringed their copyrights. One complaint to a court by an infuriated linux developer, and one injunction and fine later, they shut up shop.
I think that took less than six months. Look at where we are now in the US - four or five years later and still going strong ...
Cheers, Wol -- Anthony W. Youngman - anthony@thewolery.demon.co.uk