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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:even if Skype wins this one... by RKThoadan · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is a common myth and it's false. If the GPL was invalidated all the code would be owned by it's authors and thier would be no legal way for anyone to use the code without the authors permission. The only time something becomes public domain is after a very long time or if the Author intentionally and legally releases it.

  2. appeal withdrawn by skype by wes33 · · Score: 5, Informative

    according to this site (in German) the appeal has been withdrawn and skype has retreated with its tail between its legs.

    http://www.linux-magazin.de/news/

    It seems - as usual - lawyers think they can beat down the "amateur made" gpl ... until they take a few minutes to understand it.