Linux Devicemaker Sued In First US Test of GPL

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 20, 2007 @12:06PM from the running-it-up-the-flagpole dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For the first time in the U.S., a company is being taken to court for a GPL violation. The Software Freedom Law Center has sued Monsoon Multimedia over alleged GPL violations in the Hava, a place- and time-shifting TV recorder similar to the SlingBox. Interestingly, Monsoon Multimedia is run by a highly experienced international lawyer named Graham Radstone. According to his corporate biography, Radstone has an MA in Law from the University of Cambridge, England, and held the top legal spot at an unnamed "$1 billion private multinational company." He also reportedly held top management positions with Philip Morris, Pfizer, and DHL. Sounds like the makings of a good old legal Donnybrook ahead."

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Re:Cambridge, offtopic by TheRealMindChild · 2007-09-20 13:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So as not to be confused with Cambridge University of Idaho! Are you suprised that there is a California University... of PENNSYLVANIA!? Or even an Indiana University... of Pennsylvania

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