Great link GNurag. Groklaw goes thru a great deal of effort to maintain such a list
GNUrag said:
cnukutti said:
But if I release a binary of the software without the source code, then how would the author of foo know whether I have used his source??
reverse engineering...
cnukutti said:
And how can he protect his Free Software? I know it is illegal and unethical, but it is possible. How to prevent such things?
or you can sue that person or company and see him in court. This is a common thing and has happened many times in the past. But the FSF is a very powerful lobby... in the past, FSF has won every such lawsuite and proprietary software vendours have had to roll back...
But catching someone with reverse engineering is like taking a chance. How will I know who has used which part of my code in which part of his code
As regards suing, if some company of Australia uses my code, do you think I will ever be able to sue them there? :roll:
Alternatively, if an Indian entity uses code of some foreign entity, then... only God can save him if he tries to sue him in India
It would take 20 years to get over with the first round, then another 5-7 years for first appeal and then another 2-4 for appeal to Supreme Court :roll: You know how Indian Judiciary works!!