Castle Denies GPL Breach

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Posted by chrisd on Monday February 10, 2003 @07:48AM from the right-back-at-cha dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Castle Technology, who were accused of breaching the GPL in RISC OS 5, have made a press release denying the allegations. This story has been covered on The Iconbar RISC OS news and resource site." We've given Castle some loving here on slashdot recently. Looks like this one isn't going away quietly.

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Re:this is actually a first post by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-10 07:56 · Score: -1, Troll

Aftenposten!
GPL means free - other can do as they please by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-10 08:07 · Score: -1, Troll

Like VD, GPL is for everybody. If you don't want them to make big paychecks off it don't do it. Open source means open, free, and if you don't want to make money on it, I and others will. Mmmwwwwwwaaaa.
shove the gpl by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-10 08:10 · Score: -1, Troll

up richard stallmans anus!
Awful News Queen Mum dead at 109 by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-10 08:12 · Score: -1, Troll

I just heard some sad news on talk radio--England's most famous rap artist the Queen Mum was found dead at Buckingham Palace. The wealthy parasite was electrocuted by a plugged in sex toy in her bathtub. Even if you did not appreciate her contributions to hardcore gangsta rap culture there is no denying her importance. Truly an English Icon.
Let's take them up on it by sydlexic · 2003-02-10 08:12 · Score: 0, Troll

Castle state that "any company or individual wishing to recieve a copy of the source code to this component should apply in writing to:" The Managing Director Castle Technology Ltd Ore Trading Estate Woodbridge Road Framlingham Suffolk IP13 9LL You will also need to enclose a formatted 3.5" floppy diskette and return postage stamps (or international reply coupons if you are outside the UK)

While I agree that this is a shameful tactic, it's also an opportunity to inflict a little pain on them. Since they can't see fit to post the code on the net, let's start sending them tons of floppies. They have to honour the request to send the code back on the floppies (or a real GPL breach) and this will be a devastating work load.
Write some code by Teckla · 2003-02-10 08:41 · Score: 0, Troll

I've got an idea.

How about, instead of developers playing amateur lawyers, and worrying about their precious "free-but-not-REALLY-free" code being stolen, you...

WRITE SOME CODE?

What a waste of time this is. What a waste of time the GPL is. I shudder to think of the wasted hours of development because someone decided to push a political agenda by writing this stupid license (the GPL) and brainwashing-- err, convincing everyone they had to GPL their code, because otherwise, The Big Bad Monster Under The Bed was going to steal it! (OMG! OMFG!)

-Teckla

P.S. Mod me as a troll if you want, but god damnit, rocket scientists don't pretend to be biologists, and architects don't pretend to be chemical engineers. Can all the armchair lawyers please go home? And take their stupid GPL with them? Thanks.
Re:Ask Dr. Fuck by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-10 09:20 · Score: -1, Troll

Dear GPL Vi0l4t0r,

Wanting to "violate" software licenses, as you say, is a perfectly normal impulse... for someone who wastes his life away in front of his "1337" Linux terminal. u r terminally l4m3. You need to venture outside your cubicle and experience something that isn't commie software, you sicko fuck. Fuck you.

Dr. Fuck