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points by rjsw 1 day ago | 0 comments
... or commercial software vendors would roll back a couple of years in their VCS and start again from that point.
[–] promano 1 day ago
Sure, but they would still be required to open the source code of the last version they distributed before that roll back, which could then be forked.
[–] limagnolia 1 day ago
Generally, courts have levied fines for copyright infringement rather than forcing ooen sourcing of code. The times when code has been open sourced are usually settlements to avoid a fine.
[–] MrMorden 1 day ago
It's hard to convince a court to order specific performance, and this is not the sort of case where it's at all likely to happen.