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kbelderyesterday at 7:49 PM0 repliesview on HN

They'll definitely be required to either add the attribution or stop using the code.

There can be punitive fines for copyright violation, moreso if the copyright is registered. I think there's some leeway there for the court.

There also may be damages. In the case of, for instance, illegal distribution of a Disney movie, Disney may be entitled to the amount of sales they supposedly lost.

It makes me think that open-source projects should routinely offer their product for sale, without the attribution requirements. Then, if another company violates their license, they have a tangible dollar figure they can point to and say exactly how much revenue was stolen.