Don't put your software in the public domain

[Paul Rudin]

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> writes:


> I wonder about the point of that, though; I have heard of cases where
> the judge ruled that the contract had been breached, and awarded
> damages of one pound/dollar/euro. So other than winning a symbolic
> victory, what was the point?

Damages for breach of contract are supposed to reflect the loss you
suffered as a result. A nominal award is basically saying, yes - the
other guy has failed to fulfil his contractual promise, but you haven't
actually suffered any real loss as a result.