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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2014-11-19 17:53:29
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 Feelings and opinions about this behavior are mixed within the larger
 copyleft community.  Some see it as a reasonable business model and others
 renounce it as corrupt behavior.  However, from the point of view of a GPL
 violator, the most important issue is to determine the motivations of the
 enforcer.  The COGEOs such as the FSF and Conservancy have made substantial
 renounce it as corrupt behavior.  Regardless, a GPL
 violator should always immediately determine the motivations of the
 enforcer via documented, verifiable facts.  For example, COGEOs such as the FSF and Conservancy have made substantial
 public commitments to enforce in a way that is uniform, transparent, and
 publicly documented.  Since these organizations are public charities, they
 are accountable to the IRS and the public at large in their annual Form 990
 filings, and everyone can examine their revenue models and scrutinize their
 publicly documented.  Furthermore, since these specific organizations are
 public charities in the USA, they
 are accountable to the IRS (and the public at large) in their annual Form 990
 filings.   Everyone may examine their revenue models and scrutinize their
 work.
 However, entities and individuals who do GPL enforcement centered primarily

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