Star Start-up Sued in US Courts Over GPL 'Violation'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Sep 2007 13:31 UTC
Law and Order The Software Freedom Law Center has filed the first US infringement case to defend the General Public License version 2. The case has been brought against Monsoon Multimedia, a specialist in video viewing and capturing devices, which has offices in Silicon Valley and in New Delhi. SFLC legal director Dan Ravicher told The Register: "This case could have far-reaching implications because it's the first case in the US to enforce copyright in GPL."
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RE[3]: ars technica
by lemur2 on Mon 24th Sep 2007 10:55 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: ars technica"
lemur2
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This is going to be decided in the state of NY though.


I don't think so. It has already (apparently) been decided by Monsoon Multimedia that they will comply with the simple requirements of the GPL, and hence get the permission to copy that the GPL license grants them. It doesn't look like it will go anywhere near a court.

http://www.myhava.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3626#3626

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