← Back to context Comment by ForHackernews 2 hours ago God that would be amazing. How incredible would it be if basically all software was free? 6 comments ForHackernews Reply JSR_FDED 26 minutes ago It would be amazing because while unemployed you’d have all the time in the world to play with that software throwaway27448 2 hours ago The chances american courts would find for this is basically zero. Maybe in other markets.... rjsw 1 hour ago ... or commercial software vendors would roll back a couple of years in their VCS and start again from that point. promano 1 hour ago Sure, but they would still be required to open the source code of the last version they distributed before that roll back, which could then be forked. limagnolia 28 minutes ago Generally, courts have levied fines for copyright infringement rather than forcing ooen sourcing of code. The times when code has been open sourced are usually settlements to avoid a fine. MrMorden 33 minutes ago It's hard to convince a court to order specific performance, and this is not the sort of case where it's at all likely to happen.
JSR_FDED 26 minutes ago It would be amazing because while unemployed you’d have all the time in the world to play with that software
throwaway27448 2 hours ago The chances american courts would find for this is basically zero. Maybe in other markets....
rjsw 1 hour ago ... or commercial software vendors would roll back a couple of years in their VCS and start again from that point. promano 1 hour ago Sure, but they would still be required to open the source code of the last version they distributed before that roll back, which could then be forked. limagnolia 28 minutes ago Generally, courts have levied fines for copyright infringement rather than forcing ooen sourcing of code. The times when code has been open sourced are usually settlements to avoid a fine. MrMorden 33 minutes ago It's hard to convince a court to order specific performance, and this is not the sort of case where it's at all likely to happen.
promano 1 hour ago Sure, but they would still be required to open the source code of the last version they distributed before that roll back, which could then be forked. limagnolia 28 minutes ago Generally, courts have levied fines for copyright infringement rather than forcing ooen sourcing of code. The times when code has been open sourced are usually settlements to avoid a fine. MrMorden 33 minutes ago It's hard to convince a court to order specific performance, and this is not the sort of case where it's at all likely to happen.
limagnolia 28 minutes ago Generally, courts have levied fines for copyright infringement rather than forcing ooen sourcing of code. The times when code has been open sourced are usually settlements to avoid a fine.
MrMorden 33 minutes ago It's hard to convince a court to order specific performance, and this is not the sort of case where it's at all likely to happen.
It would be amazing because while unemployed you’d have all the time in the world to play with that software
The chances american courts would find for this is basically zero. Maybe in other markets....
... or commercial software vendors would roll back a couple of years in their VCS and start again from that point.
Sure, but they would still be required to open the source code of the last version they distributed before that roll back, which could then be forked.
Generally, courts have levied fines for copyright infringement rather than forcing ooen sourcing of code. The times when code has been open sourced are usually settlements to avoid a fine.
It's hard to convince a court to order specific performance, and this is not the sort of case where it's at all likely to happen.