How Far Should GPL Enforcement Go?

itwbennett writes "The debate over enforcement of the GPL flared up again this week when Red Hat kernel developer Matthew Garrett wrote in a blog post that Sony is looking to rewrite BusyBox to sidestep the GPL. Which is a perfectly legal undertaking. But it raises the question: 'Is there social pressure within the Linux kernel community to not undertake GPL compliance action?' writes blogger Brian Proffitt. 'This may not be nefarious: maybe people just would rather not bother with enforcing compliance. Better, they may argue, to just let the violation go and get on with developing better code.'"

Execution

[busyqth]

By hanging

Re:Execution

[qbast]

Trampling by herd of angry gnus. That's poetic justice.

Re:Slashdot double standards

[busyqth]

Indeed. The only thing that has stopped me from producing such a heavily commented disassembly of Microsoft Office is that it is sadly illegal.

Re:Execution

[grcumb]

Trampling by herd of angry gnus. That's poetic justice.

So... Gnus for Nerds, when they copy Stuff That Matters?

Re:Execution

[an unsound mind]

I don't know what the suitable punishment for such poor punsmanship would be - probably something appropriate but not poetic, like a gag and a straitjacket, just to keep you from making puns about your punishment.

Re:Execution

[TheInternetGuy]

>Trampling by *herd* of angry gnus. That's poetic justice.

Well, done. But surly that's supposed to be a *Hurd*, right?

Re:Execution

[grcumb]

I don't know what the suitable punishment for such poor punsmanship would be - probably something appropriate but not poetic, like a gag and a straitjacket, just to keep you from making puns about your punishment.

Punishment? Ha! You must be Gnu here...