Re: fvwm(1): replace GPL-licensed code, fix bugs and add improvements

Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026/08/02 23:23, David Uhden Collado wrote:
>> I separated this work because the provenance and independence of the
>> replacement implementations require more careful review than ordinary
>> bug fixes.
> 
> What _is_ the provenance of the replacement code implementations?
> 
Robert Nation, Tom LaStrange, Charles Hines, Brady Montz, Dan Espen, 
Steve Robbins, Paul Smith, Jason Tibbitts, Dominik Vogt, Bob Woodside, 
Maciej Stachowiak, Greg J. Badros, and Andrew T. Veliath are free to 
pursue the matter through the proper legal channels if they genuinely 
believe that I have infringed their copyright. Since none of them 
appears to be based in Spain, they would also have to establish 
jurisdiction and pursue the corresponding international proceedings.

A claimant would still need to prove ownership of the specific code at 
issue, identify the allegedly copied expression, demonstrate actual 
infringement rather than mere functional similarity, and establish 
measurable damages caused by my non-commercial work. Unsupported 
accusations and speculative threats are not evidence.

I have no intention of being intimidated into abandoning independently 
rewritten code merely because somebody invokes the GPL without 
demonstrating what was supposedly copied, who owns it, or what legally 
actionable harm occurred. If anyone believes they have a valid claim, 
they can present it formally and prove it.