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Story: Fortinet settles GPL violation suit

Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 27 April 2005, 10:46 PM)

Well 'Sum Yung Gai' - you don't see the point in all this litigation (or threats thereof). You don't want to scare companies away or drive them out of business, you want to make them comply. Most of the time this is accomplished via out-of-court settlements because it's cheap and everyone walks away happy and can get on with business. Dragging things into court is the worst option and always the last - in a court battle, only the lawyers are the winners - both defendant and plaintiff lose. Think 'SCO' - could they possibly be happy with the way their ridiculous case is going? How about IBM - do you think they're happy using what would otherwise be profits to fight SCO? Yup - you are a bit young. I've seen young gung-ho guys have a go at closing down factories because of a few episodes where emissions exceeded limits and a few existing practises didn't comply with guidelines. Why put 300 people out of work for something that can be fixed without doing anyone any harm? You're far too litigious - and that doesn't benefit anyone. Welte goes about defending the GPL with the right attitude - everyone keeps their jobs and happily go about earning money and meeting the terms of the GPL. These cases also prove that the GPL will not destroy your business via the "viral nature" which Microsoft spokesmonkeys always yap about.