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GPL vs. Skype Back In Court

Posted by timothy on from the remember-what-a-license-is dept.

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."

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  1. Re:I fought the license.... by sm62704 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I usually prefer the Dead Kennedys version of that song to The Crickets version, but not in this case. YAY GPL!

    Drinkin' beer in the hot sun, I fought the law and I won
    I needed sex and I got mine, I fought the law and I won
    The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends
    That's how the country's run
    Twinkies are the best friend I've ever had
    I fought the law And I won
    I blew George & Harvey's brains out with my six-gun
    I fought the law and I won
    Gonna write my book and make a million
    I fought the law and I won
    I'm the new folk hero of the Ku Klux Klan
    My cop friends think that's fine
    You can get away with murder if you've got a badge
    I fought the law And I won I am the law So I won
    --
    mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  2. Re:Shooting itself in the foot by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    Option 3 - the clause that requires them to release code is invalid/only applies to the unmodified version of the code. Option 4 - Chewbacca is a Wookie and therefore the copyright belongs to Skype. Both of these are unlikely but there's not a dichotomy here.