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."

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The image of open source

[Anonymous Coward]

While I and everyone here knows that the AP vendor is in the wrong on this (yes, stealing code is wrong), it can't really do our public image any good. "Support Linux, get sued!"
Perhaps easing up on violators might be a good idea for the greater good; we're lucky to have mainstream companies just *use* our code.

Re:So much for SCO's defense

[Trolling4Dollars]

About what arest thou talking? Thine GPL hast not been confirmmed nor de-nied, injunctionations are simply the first steppe to evaluating said licennse.
So which is it? Are you an "Olde Skool" troll or George W. Bush? ;P