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GPL Lawsuit May Not Settle

Posted by kdawson on from the maybe-a-day-in-court-after-all dept.

A number of readers wrote in to inform us that contrary to earlier indications, it's no sure thing that the lawsuit alleging GPL violation by Monsoon Multimedia will get settled out of court. Linux.com now reports that the SFLC's legal director Daniel Ravicher has stressed that no agreement has been reached: "Simply coming into compliance now is not sufficient to settle the matter, because that would mean anyone can violate the license until caught, because the only punishment would be to come into compliance." (Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of Sourceforge, Inc.)

8 of 285 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Expenses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i think the microsoft advertisement linked to this article is inaccurate as well. CHECK YOUR SOURCES!!!

    today is my birthday also.

  2. Re:Expenses by kennygraham · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you posting anonymous because you're the only /. reader who doesn't have adblock?

  3. Re:ROFLMAO... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > This is /.

    I think you meant, "This is /..".

  4. If you mess with the gnu... by hedgefighter · · Score: 4, Funny

    you get the horns.

  5. Re:Damages? by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

    And this one time, at band camp, we argued about copyright and taxes and it was so cool.

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    How we know is more important than what we know.
  6. Re:ROFLMAO... by Jarjarthejedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good Legal Advice?

    THIS IS /. !!!!

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    There are two kinds of fool One says 'This is old therefore good' Another says 'This is new therefore better'- Dean Ing
  7. Following GPL is punishment? by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interesting tacit assumption that following the GPL is punishment. :-)

  8. Re:Excuse me, but this is bunk... by jewelie · · Score: 3, Funny

    I got six out of eight, does that mean I get to be the legal advisor to slashdotters, or am I over qualified? Given that I don't work, haven't programmed for years, and the number of lines of code I've contributed to GPLd code can be counted on a single average human's available digits, I'm a bit upset that I'm sad enough to know the GPL that well. Anyone got a life going spare, real cheap?