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Michigan Diagnostic Software Case Big Win for GPL

Posted by timothy on from the nicely-done dept.

Pig Hogger writes "Many people claim that the validity of the GNU Public License has not been tested in court in the US. Well, it just had been, in Michigan, in a case that validated open-source car diagnostic software against the pretension of automakers who want to keep it secret. But don't take my word for it; read the story on GROKLAW." It's actually the Society of Automotive Engineers involved here; DrewTech (the developers in this case) nicely donated half of their settlement money to the SAE.

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  1. Reminder: Linux sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's been awhile

  2. Re:Suing for damages? Inappropriate, IMHO by goldspider · · Score: -1, Troll

    You say "stolen" as if the "victim" of the "crime" is deprived of property.

    Code can't be "stolen".

    --
    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
  3. Bad English by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, it just had been

    Geee! Hayd it? Heugh!

  4. Re:DrewTech? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Timothy: Your faggoty comments aren't needed; And fuck your pretensious semi-colons.

  5. Re:DrewTech? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes they are. Why do you think slashbot.orgy always posts something good about the GPL?

    GPL = Gay Pride League

  6. GNU Public License? by BlueWonder · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's the "GNU Public License"? After extensive web searching, I cannot find any evidence that a license with such a name exists.

  7. Pamela Jones of Groklaw says: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "I'm not a lawyer, but I play one on the Internet"

  8. niGgA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    tuRd-suckingly