Hyman Rosen <[email protected]> writes: > <http://www.h-online.com/open/GPL-wins-in-French-court-case--/news/114312> > <http://fsffrance.org/news/arret-ca-paris-16.09.2009.pdf> > > In 2000, Edu4 equipped the AFPA's computer rooms. In the process, > the IT firm used a version of the VNC remote desktop software > without providing the AFPA – as required by the GPL – with the > source code on request. In addition, it turned out that Edu4 had > removed copyright and licensing notes from VNC. > > AFPA is awarded €8,000 plus legal fees.
It is rather unusual that AFPA's relation to the software in question is not as a copyright holder, but as a user. The result is likely particular to French jurisdiction because of the plaintiff's standing. It might change the GPL enforcement strategies at least in France: this is already the appellate court IIRC, so it should set a precendence. Interesting. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
