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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2014-11-19 17:48:45
bkuhn@ebb.org
Rewrite paragraph to fix better with section.

This paragraph was from text brought through from another document, and
as such, while this section was built "around it", the text itself was
stylistically different and otherwise problematic. This change brings
it into form with the rest of the document.
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@@ -1421,13 +1421,12 @@ to ``fix them'' for companies.  Other such operators hold copyrights in some
 
key piece of copylefted software and enforce as a mechanism to find out who
 
is most likely to fund improvements on the software.
 

	
 
A few stories abound in the GPL enforcement community that companies have
 
often formed beneficial consulting or employment relationships with
 
developers they first encountered through enforcement.  In some cases,
 
working together to alter the mode of use of the project's code in the
 
company's products was an explicit element in dispute resolution.  More
 
often, the communication channels opened in the course of the inquiry served
 
other and more fruitful purposes later.
 
A few companies report that they have formed beneficial consulting or
 
employment relationships with developers they first encountered through
 
enforcement.  In some such cases, companies have worked with such consultants
 
to alter the mode of use of the project's code in the company's products.
 
More often in these cases, the communication channels opened in the course of
 
the inquiry served other consulting purposes later.
 

	
 
Feelings and opinions about this behavior are mixed within the larger
 
copyleft community.  Some see it as a reasonable business model and others
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