Comment by microcolonel
7 years ago
The most likely outcome is not a chilling one: they comply by releasing their code officially under a compatible license, and hope they don't upset anyone else by doing so.
7 years ago
The most likely outcome is not a chilling one: they comply by releasing their code officially under a compatible license, and hope they don't upset anyone else by doing so.
Not sure there's a "they" anymore. THQ went chapter 11 and liquidated.
"Someone" owns the rights.
They too bought the burden of copyright violation.
That's not how asset sales work. The new copyright owner wouldn't be liable for the previous copyright owner's actions. And if the new copyright owner isn't distributing binaries that include the GPL code they haven't violated the GPL.
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Assets do sometimes just go nowhere.
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I would bet money against this being true.