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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:222537 Archived-At: > Of course, all of this would probably not be necessary were it not for > the controversial nature of the GPL which leads to lawsuits a lot more > than other open-source licenses. While we're about clarifying these issues: the reason that fewer lawsuits a= re pursued over software subject to permissive licenses is of course their = lack of provisions which anyone would expect to profit by violating. (Inno= cent mistakes are made, of course, but they are not litigated.) The contro= versy over the GPL of course also results from its provisions, but that mak= es it a sister effect to the lawsuits, not a cause of them. Davis=