GPL vs. Skype Back In Court

mollyhackit writes "Hackaday reports that the GPL vs Skype case is going back to court today. This as an appeal to the court's decision Slashdot reported last July. The original case was brought against Skype for the Linux based SMC Skype WiFi phone. The court upheld the GPLv2 and decided that Skype had not gone far enough in meeting section 3 which details how to provide the original source. This time around Skype is apparently trying to argue that the GPL violates anti-trust regulations."

Comments

Re:Anti-trust theory already tried, and failed

[Richard_at_work]

Implied? Easy - 'you can bet there is more behind that push than just "somebody" at Skype', which is another variation on a common Slashdot groupthink theme in that any legal issue brought against Linux, the GPL etc has to be the devious work of Microsoft.

Who, if not Microsoft, do you think the original parent was implying? The list isn't very long, this is Slashdot after all.

Proff Positive.

[gnutoo]

Here is the key phrase from a reputable source:

This is about the most stooooopid way possible.This is about the most stooooopid way possible. [several good reasons this is not in Skype or Ebay's best interest.]

I can think of no better proof that Steve Balmer is behind the move. The SCO case, the Novel Deal, the patent threat, OOXML ... all of these have two things in common, Microsoft and extreme stupidity. The dumber it is the harder they push it.