Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues?

From	Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues?
Date	2018-09-12 21:30 +0200
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Do you think Debian should welcome embargoes for GPL compliance
issues?  Security embargoes are a huge pain, but one would hope that
GPL violations by Linux distributions are much rarer events.

I'm asking because even with the GPLv3 or the Common Cure
<https://github.com/gplcc/gplcc>, the 30-day period seems awfully
short.  I don't think even organizations that care a lot about GPL
compliance (even formal compliance with exactly matching sources) will
be able to address an accidental violation in that time period.

Although the cure period only starts when notified by a copyright
holder, with a public notice, other, less cooperating copyright
holders might send a notification of their own and start another
clock.

Nothing can be done about GPLv2-only violations and the resulting
license termination, of course.

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Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2018-09-12 21:30 +0200
  Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2018-09-12 22:40 +0200
    Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2018-09-12 22:50 +0200
  Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-09-13 01:00 +0200
    Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-09-13 01:10 +0200
  Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 04:00 +0200
    Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 05:50 +0200
      Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 06:40 +0200
        Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 07:20 +0200
          Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 07:50 +0200
    Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2018-09-13 08:00 +0200
      Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2018-09-13 18:10 +0200
        Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2018-09-13 18:50 +0200
        Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-09-14 03:30 +0200
          Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-09-17 13:50 +0200
            Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues? Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2018-09-17 22:00 +0200
              so-called "Common Cure" provision, GPL enforcement within Debian, Patrick McHardy's enforcement, etc. (was Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues?) "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org> - 2018-09-20 00:20 +0200

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