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). [snip] > Story at: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070920153227686 > > Regards, > > - -- Raju
or, this could also be a cheap publicity stunt, given that one of the founders of the company has a background in law, and the founders like to create startups they can sell off at great prices. well, this si the best way to generate a huge buzz around their company, let every blogger, mailing list, forum discuss it. once the buzz dies, a quiet outofcourt settlement may follow, with nice soundbytes on how much they appreciate the gpl etc. then another piece of news on how some other company has paid a fortune for their product or their company. maybe i'm wrong. :-) niyam _______________________________________________ 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]/
