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by dm2 4444 days ago
After considering that some more, it seems like the court could (and maybe should) have ruled that it was simply a misunderstanding of the open-source code's license.

It seems like a waste of everyone's time to even pursue a case such as this after it's determined that the person didn't have malicious intentions.

Could the owner of the modified code successfully sue Goldman Sachs?

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On what grounds? If it was GPL'd code and GS was conforming to the GPL terms, what are they to be sued for?