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tombert
on July 4, 2025
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My open source project was relicensed by a YC comp...
I believe that BusyBox sued over violations like 17 years ago. I am not aware of any other instances.
bawolff
on July 4, 2025
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Wikipedia has a list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_license_litigation
pabs3
on July 5, 2025
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Software Freedom Conservancy is currently suing Vizio. The interesting thing about this lawsuit is that it aims to make it possible for any recipient of GPL code sue for compliance, instead of requiring the copyright holder to sue.
https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html
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