Re: [BackupPC-users] Copyright protection

Exactly. Nothing you can do to prevent baseless lawsuits, only make the case against them harder and hopefully not worth the financial risk.

SCO is probably the best example of the worst case scenario from a financial perspective. As you say, BackupPC doesn't have a value that would make it worthwhile target.

David

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com> wrote:

On 05/20 01:18 , Stefan Peter wrote:
> The worst that can happen is that the new copyright holder wants to
> retrieve his contribution. So you remove the individuals code and
> replace it with independent, fresh code from another contributor. But I
> have never heard of an event like this and I'm not sure if it actually
> is possible to retract a license. And whatever company actually would
> try to get off a stunt like this would probably be taken to the internet
> sponger so fast they would not survive it.

The experience with Linux and SCO serves as something of a cautionary tale.
Even if the cause is groundless, there's a lot of hassle possible when
someone decides you're a worthwhile target.

OTOH, if BackupPC (however you define it) has no money, there's really not
much reason for lawyers to go after it. So this risk becomes more of an
issue if/when BPC becomes 'successful'.

--
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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