From 59e64ace63808b09b050c34bea3ddc41c81f6943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Hale <me@jhale.dev>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2023 16:16:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] wip: Add litigation disucssions to legal.md

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 * **Patents:** Your company may wish to join the [Open Invention Network](https://www.openinventionnetwork.com/), a shared defensive patent pool to protect members' use of major open source projects, or explore other [alternative patent licensing](https://www.eff.org/document/hacking-patent-system-2016).
 * **Governance:** Especially if and when it makes sense to move a project to a [legal entity outside of the company](../leadership-and-governance/#do-i-need-a-legal-entity-to-support-my-project).
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+## What if someone uses my project without following the license terms?
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+<!-- 
+  TODO 
+   - Talk about **registering a copyright** to claim "statutory damages" since otherwise claims would only be able to cover "actual damages", which are much harder to argue for from a free, open-source project.
+   - Talk about litigation costs. Consider mentioning foundations which help open source developers (FSF, EFF, sfconservancy)[https://github.com/community/maintainers/discussions/341#discussioncomment-6491105]
+-->
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