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MAPS vs. Gordon Feyck: Who Owns the DUL?

Posted by jamie on from the dul-story dept.

etrnl writes "The spam-l mailing list has an interesting post from Nick Nicholas about a recent lawsuit between MAPS, LLC. and Gordon Fecyk, who had arranged with Paul Vixie to host the DUL with MAPS in 1998. Even more interesting is that Nick was the Executive Director of MAPS who hired Gordon at MAPS in 1999. Notable quote from Nick: 'I find it extremely ironic that an organization which is currently soliciting donations to its own legal defense fund would now be using its limited resources to pursue litigation against a former employee.'" MAPS wants a temporary restraining order on two separate copyright claims: first, that Feyck can't use the DUL database, and second, that he can't run a too-similar website (now down). The bone of contention is that Feyck claims he bought back the DUL from MAPS, and MAPS disagrees. Incidentally, the DUL is currently stopping CmdrTaco from directly emailing one of the Slash coders.

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  1. fp of the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    all your base are belong to us

  2. WHEN!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OK... i'm starting to get a little pissed. what the fuck is holding up base-config 1.33.18 from getting into woody. One would think that debian would prefer people to actually *test* the install *before* releaseing 3.0

    This is soooooooo fucking lame.

  3. debian is garbage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    see subject for details on this post!

  4. no Linux content by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's nothing linux specific about this setup. He could very well be running FreeBSD. Actually, he would be better off running FreeBSD.

  5. Feyck you by Bitter+Old+Man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, you read that right, you feycking idiots. Feyck the whole lot of you feyckers. Feyck off!

  6. Re:I find this funny by Bitter+Old+Man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This poor man is in dire need of help, and you callous, self-righteous homosexual Communist hippie moderators mark him as a troll. You long-haired, disgusting, inhumane sons of bitches. Feyck you all!

  7. There are two sides to every story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    and there are two sides to the story of the Censorware Project.

    Sig: What REALLY Happened to the Censorware Project

  8. There are two sides to every story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    and there are two sides to the story of the Censorware Project.

    Sig: What REALLY Happened to the Censorware Project

  9. There are two sides to every story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    and there are two sides to the story of the Censorware Project.

    Sig: What REALLY Happened to the Censorware Project