First US GPL Lawsuit Heads For Quick Settlement 196
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DeviceGuru writes to tell us that the first lawsuit centered around the GPL seems to have been quickly resolved outside of the courtroom. Monsoon Multimedia was quick to admit that they had violated the GPLv2 in their modified BusyBox code and will soon be releasing the source to come into full compliance with the license.
Cue Amelia from slayers (Score:5, Funny)
Aha! (Score:5, Funny)
2. Get sued and get massive publicity for your little device that's actually kinda cool, then settle
3. Profit!
Bargaining chip (Score:3, Funny)
They backed down once they found out RMS might be called to testify.
In reality, this means that there is still no precedent for the GPL in court which is a shame.
Re:Call the Grammar Nazi (Score:4, Funny)
Conspiracy theory in favor of Monsoon (Score:5, Funny)
I know, far fetched. But still, I love a good conspiracy theory.
Re:Bargaining chip (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Precedent (Score:4, Funny)