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Injunction to Enforce GPL
Harald Welte writes "The netfilter/iptables project has just been granted a preliminary injunction against a GPL infringing WLAN AP Vendor. The project is trying to fight against the increasing number of products sold in violation of the GPL. Following a number of out-of-court settlements, this is the first case where a company refused to sign a letter to cease and desist. So we took the logical next step and applied for a preliminary injunction. The court reviewed the case and confirmed that Sitecom is in fact in violation of the GPL license terms."
What was the topic implying ? that everyone running netfilter, or any gpl'ed code for that matter, has to redistribute source code? sounds like a bitterly stupid, disorganized attempt to "replicate" bittorrent, without the whole clients uploading ordeal.
Why does everything have to have a lawyer attached to it?
We are drowning in legal bull crap from all sides.
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander I guess.
Makes me want to get out of this rat race though.
I'm tired of all this political legal rambling, even when we win one for our team.
Regardless, enforcement is another issue.
How is this modded as redundant? It's the first frieking post!
I'm only suprised that you haven't been modded offtopic!
not quite sure how this relates to the topic at hand, but sure is good troll bait.
green energy will catch up and surpass fossil fuels when it makes financial sense. maybe in cali it makes sense now, but here in the midwest, it's cost prohibitive to install solar panels onto one's house. it's fairly cost prohibitive to use a geo-thermal heating system. i've checked into installing both, and only if you're personally planning to live long term in that place does it make sense. schools, businesses, yes. residence, not yet. unless you want to live out in the mountains the, that's about all you can get.
i'm not sure why e-85/ ethanol(sp) isn't taking off, there probably is some conspiracy behind that one. doesn't our gov't pay farmers NOT to grow corn that could be easily used to product ethanol? why does e-85/ethonal cost more per gallon than gasoline? why only e-85? why not pure ethanol? why are there absolutely NO fueling stations in OHIO that sell ethanol? probably because people in the midwest will put whatever is cheepest to use in their vehicle and gasoline is cheeper and gets better mileage. if E-85 were retailing for 1.00$ per gallon today, loads of people would be filling up with it.
Well, as soon as we get nuclear fusion so we can produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water. Hydrogen is just an energy store, not energy source.
Of course, we could build giant solar power plants in Sahara...
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.