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Oh really? Have you ever been involved in litigation? Cases are presented based on arcane points and decided by a nontechnical jury. Trial lawyers focus on jury selection and aren’t interested in facts. Even egregiously false nuisance cases get settled because of reputational risk and cost of litigation.


Sounds like you're not actually here to discuss the GPL or open source.


I'm here to discuss litigation trolls, which are no different in copyright than in patents.




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