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by nimbius 1455 days ago
how about the case of Christoph Hellwig vs VMware for stealing vmklinux under the GPL. german courts basically dismissed him twice for not being procedural, which gave VMWare ample time to dodge a GPL bullet and remove the code from their kernel without admitting any fault or wrongdoing.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/apr/02/vmware-no-appeal/