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Verizon Being Sued for GPL Infringement
darthcamaro writes "According to the SFLC, Verizon can be added to the list of companies infringing on the GPL. They filed a lawsuit in New York yesterday (pdf) alleging that the company is handing out routers using the GPL'd software 'BusyBox' without accompanying source code. Today the SFLC spoke to the media to lay out its case: 'The legal action against Verizon come as the fourth action that the SFLC has undertaken this year on behalf of BusyBox on GPL issues. The GPL is a reciprocal license that requires users of GPL-protected technology to make their source code available to end-users. To date, the SFLC has settled with one defendant out of court. Two actions, facing Xterasys Corporation and High-Gain Antennas, are ongoing and Ravicher said he's optimistic about negotiations resulting in a resolution with each.'"
It's quite annoying, and since it's used by the TV set-top-boxes in the house it's kind of necessary. It's a shame, my 20Mbit connection can't handle Steam.
That's odd: I thought Steam was supposed to travel through a series of tubes...
Try putting a pressure gauge and valve just upstream from your router: if the Steam pressure goes up too much, you can close the valve. Easy peasy!
PS Get a whistle, too: your router will sound like an old train.
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
Is the enforcement of intellectual property rights good or evil on Slashdot today? It's an odd-numbered friday, but it's warm in the southern united states today.
Soon, the *AA will be forced to deal with a strange new concept...competition.
... and yes, these organizations _will_ take on the *AA, and there _will_ be a film at 11!
Soon, they will find that they are not the only ones prosecuting copyright violators...
Soon, they will be struggling to keep ahead of the organizations that prosecute GPL violations!
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
Copyright is theft! Down with The GPL!!
Seeing as you just gave us your opinion for free, I must point out that you don't fake it very well.
Paul Grosfield - the quicker picker upper.