How does publicly distributed software with licensing agreements even work? If an API says "free for personal use, business users must pay $XXX" but the shared libs are freely downloadable on their website, what can they do about it if you didn't sign anything lol?
If you are caught you can be sued by the FSF, which has happened to some corporations, notably Cisco.
I imagine they'll sue you, and if you're actually making any money, you won't want to lose the entire business, so you'll pay.
>>106660225>>106660226but howi didn't sign anythingalso what if it's not the FSF, what if it's just one guy lol
>>106660240You probably didn't sign anything after watching Mickey Mouse either.You're not likely to get the proper legal argumentation down here on the cell phone brand board though, so there's not much point in arguing. Give it a shot. Reach for the stars and live the dream. Build a legit business with partners, clients, and investors on top of ip theft, and have the worst day of your entire life getting served a cease and desist.
>>106660270>thefthowit's a free download
>>106660276Ok. Godspeed anon! Go get it.
>>106660276Because the legal system says so. End of story. Might as well put a Sovereign Citizen plate on your car and insist that the cop who throws you in jail is wrong and the judge who gives you 90 days in the county jail and has your car sold at auction is wrong. No matter how correct you feel, you'll still be in jail for several months and your car will be sold to someone else. You can feel correct but you'll still suffer the consequences. If you don't like it, your choice is to suck it up and live with it or overthrow the government. You should probably just pay the $10 or whatever it costs to license Postman.
>>106660379Different anon. Easy to flip to asset denial in the chase. Wreak the car before they can seize it.
>>106660213honor systemif a big company gets caught they can pay a fine assuming they lose the court case, the bad PR is usually something they ignore
>>106660510You have to die in the wreck if you want to avoid the jail part of the equation.
>>106660549Also the larger the company, the more likely they are to have a disgruntled employee that will snitch on them.
>>106660379False equivalence. The way copyright/trademark business law is performed at the cost to the business enforcing their rights, not the legal system/government/executive/state. This means you have no rights if you haven't got the money to enforce it, unlike the state enforcing road rules and taxes.
random office workers using cracked versions of Adobe products because it's the worst company ever created and needs to die screaming = based those same office workers using free software without paying for licenses that would be a fraction of a drop in the bucket out of a discretionary budget = cringe
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>>106661379Go ahead and try. See how it works out.
>>106661379Copyright infringement is strict liability. You only need to prove they did it
