[colug-432] Open Source

[tom]

On 10/28/2013 05:23 PM, William Yang wrote:
> On 10/27/2013 06:43 PM, tom wrote:
>> Let's assume I take open source code after reading it's license and
>> agreeing that any changes to it must be released as open source. I then
>> modify the code, but then tack my own private license to it. How would I
>> be punished for doing so?
>>
>> Tom
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> First, you need an attorney to explain copyright law to you, not a
> technically oriented mailing list.
>
> Second...  the consequences are going to depend on who the copyright
> holder actually is, the detailed license terms involved and what kind of
> damage is being caused to the copyright holder by your infringement (in
> the view of the copyright holder and, in turn, in the view of the courts).
>
> Finally... copyright infringement can have fines paid to the government,
> damages paid to the copyright holder, and could include jail time or
> other sanctions by the courts.  It's not a great idea, and

> it's a really
> unwise to post on a public mailing list trying to figure this out.
> That's a discoverable record of your plan to willfully infringe, which
> as I understand it creates greater penalties.
>
> 	-Bill
> --
> William Yang
> wyang at gcfn.net
I am not planning to do so. Just a hypothetical question to determine 
consequences. It is stated that Goldman Sachs did do so.

See the Vanity Fair article about it:

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldman-sachs-programmer

Tom
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