On 9/21/07, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The first lawsuit for GPL violation in the USA has been filed yesterday > against Monsoon Multimedia, who were distributing busybox without > making the source code available. This appears to be primarily a > precedent-setting action, since MM had already acknowledged that they > were using GPL source code in their product(s). If SFLC (the > complainant) wins an injunction, it would be a big step for GPL > compliance in the US, and hopefully could also be used to get a > precedent in India and other countries. > > Story at: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070920153227686
Just going through the case , the 'complainant' ( or 'plantiffs' ) are the copyright holders of that particular software and hence the basis of their case. Therefore, is my assumption correct that to enforce GPL compilance , the complainant has to be one of the following two individuals : a) Author of a GPLed software b) End user or consumer of a product which contains GPL software. And not any other third party ?? This is just one among many questions that I have regarding GPL compliance , apprieciate your feedback on this . Regards, Jasbir _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
