Re: powerEXT - Clarifications from the author

[Juliette Vaillant <juxecl@xxxxxxxxx>]

2010/1/20 Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>

> Well, your interpretation is incongruent with what ExtJS is saying on their
> Web site, but what do I care?  I think you're pretty safe to use it as you
> like - not because your interpretation of the license or law is correct, but
> because it takes about $100K to prosecute contested copyright infringement
> cases in the U.S.  So unless they have deep pockets, and they believe you're
> able to pay their attorney's fees, they won't come after you.
>
> Nathan.
>
> I wouldn't advise breaking license restrictions in the belief that the
project can't pay to protect themselves. Open source licenses are defended
by the Software Freedom Law Center for one, an organisation that will fight
to uphold the open source project's copyright in court if necessary, at no
cost to the project.

Regards,

Juliette