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FOSS Application Under Attack by Makers of KaZaa
Famatra writes "A story
from Zeropaid indicates that maker of
KaZaA, Sharman Networks, has sent a Cease
and Desist Letter to the maker of KCEasy because it interoperates with their
FastTrack network. The creator of KCeasy says on the
KCEasy website "I feel that inclusion of
FastTrack access with KCeasy is not worth a legal battle between Sharman and
myself". A similar issue was covered by the Slashdot story
Fight On Blizzard Vs. Bnetd Case on the right to reverse engineer to create
an interoperable network. Reverse engineering to be another on the list of
rights that have fallen by the wayside?"
That the developers of Kazaa are strict believers in tough copyright law. This is simply an extension of that view.
Kazaa sends a cease and desist letter to YOU!
Quick! Download KCEasy off of Kazaa while you can!
correct as a flying mongoose on a summers day
... Ford Motors, inc. has announced its patent on "ROAD", a network protocol for piloting land vehicles. Several other companies, including General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan, and Uncle Hiram's Buggies also make vehicles that are compatible with the ROAD protocol.
Ford has threatened to sue these companies, alleging that they reverse-engineered key parts of ROAD, including the maximum width of allowable vehicles, and the use of round "wheels" for efficient travel on ROAD networks.
-3Suns
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The Revolution will be Slashdotted
I would tell her that he shouldn't be breaking into my house. That seems pretty straight forward to me.
Kazaa is such an reputable organization! How can this be possible?
Here's what I do: Bitty Browser & Andromeda
It's like a story about asses I think ?
The system had the verbosity of HTML combined with all the readability of compiled assembly viewed as bitmap images