[mierz00]

I’m curious have you ever been burnt or seen anyone burnt by copyright infringements in code?

Sometimes it’s super obvious because a game company steals code from a previous employer, but I have never seen this play out in entreprise software.

[willtemperley]

Personally I have not experienced it, but I have heard of people scanning for LGPL library usage in iOS apps, then essentially extorting the developers for their source code.

I can't find the specific article now, but I am extremely careful to avoid anything GPL or LGPL.

It's unlikely to be a problem until an app is highly successful, but once that happens people will grasp at whatever straws they can, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America%2....

[funflame]

How is that extortion? If you use a library/project with a licence you need to abide by its terms. If you don't want to do that, then either write it yourself or find an alternative. People asking for the source code is not extortion, they're fully within their rights to do so.

[mierz00]

I didn’t even realise that was a possibility with iOS. Thanks!