This is a travesty. The French law makes no sense.
The victim of a tort is barred from justice simply for not being expert legal scholars or for hiring a bad lawyer.
What's even crazier, The GPL isn't even in French https://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.en.html
, and French courts don't accept English evidence, so the idea that there was a contract is absurd. (and how can France even allows "contracts" where one party doesn't even notify the other that they agree to it?!)
Also, Orange violated the contractual rights of every user of their software, not just the rights of the author. So why can't other users sue Orange? Or maybe they can? They should!
The victim of a tort is barred from justice simply for not being expert legal scholars or for hiring a bad lawyer.
What's even crazier, The GPL isn't even in French https://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.en.html , and French courts don't accept English evidence, so the idea that there was a contract is absurd. (and how can France even allows "contracts" where one party doesn't even notify the other that they agree to it?!)
Also, Orange violated the contractual rights of every user of their software, not just the rights of the author. So why can't other users sue Orange? Or maybe they can? They should!