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Allnet GPL Infringement Settled Constructively

Posted by simoniker on from the that's-the-way-to-do-it dept.

Elektroschock writes "LWN has coverage of a GPL dispute settled in a constructive manner. Allnet GmbH, German manufacturer and distributor of networking equipment, including switches, routers, NICs and wireless adapters, infringed the GNU Public License of netfilter/iptables. As part of the settlement Allnet GmbH will donate money to tax-exempt not-for-profit organizations, i.e. FSF Europe and FFII. Both organisations lobby for better copyright and patent legislation in Europe."

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  1. The difference between the US and Germany ... by nniillss · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    is that you US guys think you are better than the rest of the world while in reality it's us Germans the world should learn from.

    Whoever cannot see the irony deserves to feel insulted.

    1. Re:The difference between the US and Germany ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      is that you US guys think you are better than the rest of the world while in reality it's us Germans the world should learn from.

      Yep, the rest of the world should follow your lead in committing mass genocide. Ach, und danke shoen fuer das Scheisse pornografisch Videos, Deutschlanders!

  2. Re:How is GPL code valued in damages? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't know, but I do know if you ROT-13 the last 11 bytes of the iptables binary, it spells out "Heil Hitler"

  3. Re:Cold Spine Shiver by rylin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And if we're lucky, we might even get the topic to spin off enough so we can call someone a nazi!

  4. Re:Whoopdefuckingdo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Dude, stay away from GPL code. That shit is poison. Just do what Microsoft does: use BSD code. There's a lot of good stuff there and it doesn't endanger our capitalist framework.

  5. Re:Cold Spine Shiver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Flame war? How so?

    Everyone knows that Linux is better than Windows(in every way imagineable).
    Everyone knows that BSD is better than Linux, in every way imagineable.
    Everyone knows that America is WAY better than Europe.
    Conservative and Liberal? These things do not matter. What matters is, THEY'RE WRONG.
    And as for Macs, well, yeah, that could start a flame war. Seems the only people who don't realize that Macs are the worst possible thing, I mean worse than herpes, syphyllis and anal warts combined, are Mac users.

  6. Big deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Everybody rips off the gpl. It's not even enforceable. For every story like this there are 10,000 other companies doing the same thing and will never be caught or are even afraid of being caught. Thanks for the spaghetti code though, dirty hippies. I was going to rip off the telnet server code, but it was such a monsterous mess it wasn't even worth it.

  7. Too bad for them. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Only DORKS get caught using GPLed code in their products.