

Until recently, it was thought that only the copyright holder(s) had legal standing, so unless you could convince them to get involved as the plaintiff you were screwed. I think recently they’ve come up with a legal theory by which any user who was refused the source code could have standing, but it’s a new enough tactic that AFAIK it isn’t very widespread or proven yet.













Do it long enough, and even that would become a problem. There are parts of the London Underground that are uncomfortably hot to ride because it’s existed so long they’ve managed to heat-soak the ground around the tunnels.