> I think (maybe after some adjustments) this will be a boon to open source How can arbitrary fines that will be decided by the judge and that can reach up to

> I think (maybe after some adjustments) this will be a boon to open source How can arbitrary fines that will be decided by the judge and that can reach up to hundreds of thousands of euros from a few thousand euros per violation be a boon to open source... Open source already has a problem funding itself. The funding comes from major corporate donors, who naturally decide the direction of the large projects they fund. The only Open source segment that successfully funds itself through its community members, users is WordPress, which remained free of corporate domination for a very long time as a result. With this law, any small time open source software producer and any small time private software producer risk themselves and their livelihood for producing software, based on ambiguous rules. Which would make it very difficult and risky for small time projects or companies to produce software in Europe, and as a result benefit the big companies that can actually afford those fines. This looks like a law crafted by the large German software business that currently dominates the German govt. and Euparl to hamper small time software for their own benefit. When the small open source projects and private software developers close up shop, the software and SaaS of these large businesses will scoop up their users. To the contrary of being a boon to Open source, this may be the biggest, most well-coordinated attack against Open source in decades...