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Re: Do we need embargoes for GPL compliance issues?

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* Jonathan Carter:

> Having said all of that, I don't know of any case where Debian has
> specifically named and shamed anyone regarding such a violation, but I
> also don't see a reason why Debian should explicitly try to keep those
> secret for no good reason.

The main advantage for Debian would be to retain licenses for GPLv3
software, despite the occasional accidental violation and the time
needed to clean up one.

However, the most likely source of accidental violations is the Linux
kernel (because it will increasingly end up in firmware blobs where
the upstream submitter claims they are non-free but redistributable).
Non-cooperative developers are unlikely to participate in the Common
Cure movement anyway, so the whole thing is perhaps moot.

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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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