[Nagiosplug-devel] [OT] Nagios plugins in use with UP.Time possibly?

[Jason Martin]

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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Ethan Galstad wrote:
> 	2.  Some of their nice SQL and front-end stuff may have to be 
> released back to us if they're violating the GPL.
IANAL, but I've read that they cannot be forced into releasing their code 
even if they violate the GPL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

My reading of the paragraph starting "Many people have the common
misconception" is that if they've violated copyright then they can be sued
for damages, but the courts probably won't force them to open the portion
of their code that is non-infringing.  I suppose one could negoitate that 
as payment for the damages but it couldn't be forced on them.

In their defence I suppose it is possible that they contracted out the 
development and another entity coopted the plugins. 
 
On a more positive note, I suppose one could use their 'Latest News' list 
of customers as a vote of confidence for Nagios monitoring capabilities :>

- -Jason Martin
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