Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

[Joshua Gay]

On 06/05/2016 11:39 AM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
> Free software activists shouldn't sue people right from the start, they
> should instead enforce it through collaboration, first by private
> communication with the violator, then after series of negligencies done
> by the violators, the original project can express their disappointment
> publicly, then wait for the violators to apologize and accept the
> suggestions or collaborations done, and only after series of
> negligencies, it must be thought on suing the violator. This might take
> years, but the most immediate advice you can deliver to a possible
> violator is to cease redistribution temporarily until the issue is
> resolved or proven to be false by all the parties involved.
> 


The Principles of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement agree with this
general principle that legal action should be a last resort. See:
<https://www.fsf.org/licensing/enforcement-principles>