The GPL-Violations.org Project (2016)

boomboomsubban wrote: post #4

tlhunter wrote: post #3

I'm confused... Where's the list of violations?

Publicly shaming violators is not the goal of the project.

The only information this site seems to convey then is "the GPL exists and is able to be violated". I'm not sure what use this is?

Re: The GPL-Violations.org Project (2016)

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Post by kelnos » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 3:54 AM UTC

boomboomsubban wrote: post #4

tlhunter wrote: post #3

I'm confused... Where's the list of violations?

Publicly shaming violators is not the goal of the project.

Perhaps not shaming, but the first sentence on their homepage seems to suggest that they'd have some sort of list:

> The gpl-violations.org project tries to raise public awareness about past and present infringing use(r)s of GPL licensed software.

At any rate, if you click the News link in the navbar, you can find some news with names of entities they've gone after, though nothing is particularly recent.

Re: The GPL-Violations.org Project (2016)

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Post by vHMtsdf » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 3:57 AM UTC

tlhunter wrote: post #3

I'm confused... Where's the list of violations?

They have some in the news section: http://gpl-violations.org/news/

Re: The GPL-Violations.org Project (2016)

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Post by mfrager » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:26 AM UTC

Don't do this.

Re: The GPL-Violations.org Project (2016)

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Post by LukeShu » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:45 AM UTC

hertzrat wrote: post #2

Reminds me: Bradley and Karen from the Software Freedom Conservancy have a podcast largely about foss legal topics [1] [1] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-as-in-freedom/id4...

Drop the "the", just "Software Freedom Conservancy", it's cleaner. :)

I'd been a fan of them for years before I realized there was no "the".

Re: The GPL-Violations.org Project (2016)

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Post by phildenhoff » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:54 AM UTC

If you manage a website like this, I implore you to spend an hour and think about someones first-time experience when they land on your site.

- The logo goes to the homepage

- the "gpl-violations.org" link goes to the homepage

- the page title goes to the homepage

- About describes the goal of the project and who's behind it, but not how to access the project... or if that's even a thing.

- The GPL page lists the GPL itself

- FAQ has a drop down... for four pages that I don't have the context to pick from? Who is this site for? The categories also aren't the same. Some are people (Vendors) others are topics (Legal).

Beyond reading those pages, as an individual landing on the page I'm exhausted at trying to find out what gpl-violations.org does.

> The gpl-violations.org project tries to raise public awareness about past and present infringing use(r)s of GPL licensed software.

Yes, but _what do you do_? Email people? Run marketing campaigns?

> The project wants to act as information and communication platform between all parties involved with licensing of free software

Where is this platform? How do I access it? Is your selling point acting as a liaison? If so, why would you not put a big "contact us" button front and center?

Look, I get that you might not want to design your site to look like a brand-new Bay Area SaaS. I don't want you to do what you don't want! I just want you to think about how to best provide info to the people who visit your website (and who might want to join your cause). And, so far, this ain't it!