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Tracking GPL Violators

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the coercing-compliance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this week, open source developer Harald Welte made headlines when he personally served warning letters to 13 technology companies for alleged GPL violations. Now in a ZDNet interview, Welte explains the challenges behind tracking down these violators and how he persuades them to comply."

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  1. Dupe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (and first post...go me!)

  2. Re:tracking duplicates. tracking dupllicates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just my luck that whenever I don't log in, my posts get moderated up... d'oh!

  3. Re:dup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you had read the summary (which was all of two sentences), you would have seen that the story was a follow-up of an existing story. It even had a link to the previous story.

    Wow, this post is getting long; 3 sentences so far. I wonder if you'll take the time to read it?

  4. Re:tracking duplicates. tracking dupllicates by leuk_he · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are so right. I am so used to duplicates i did not even bother to RTFA.

    Now if did read the article, it does not REALLY give any new information.

  5. Re:tracking duplicates. tracking dupllicates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think this is a good idea; put a link to the previous article in the dupe series in the blurb itself! Atleast I don't hae to click through to the comments anymore :D

  6. Re:Here are your options by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And 4... 3...

    Gentlemen, you may start dying... now!

  7. Re:Here are your options by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But it still requires credit, which is what the grandparent was talking about. Your post about the advertising clause is Offtopic!

  8. Re:Obligatory by Binsky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "They have internet on computers now?" (from the same episode of the Simpsons)

  9. Re:Good reasons for chosing GPL over BSD by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Why is the parent marked "informative," when it is a blatant misrepresentation of the OP's point?

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    Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden
  10. oh, and please... re: your sig by Ender+Ryan · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "BSD is for people who like Unix; Linux is for people who hate Windows"

    quit being such a fucking asshole.

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    Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden