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Skype Gives Up Anti-GPL Appeal

Posted by kdawson on from the green-enveloope dept.

l2718 writes "Yesterday we discussed Skype's appeal of a German court's ruling against them regarding a violation of the GPL. Harald Welte (the plaintiff) now reports in his blog that following oral argument, Skype decided to drop the appeal and accept the lower court ruling in Weite's favor. More details and analysis at Groklaw. Congratulations to Mr. Welte and GPL-violations.org!"

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  1. Re:Regarding the summary... by Dekortage · · Score: 3, Funny

    Waite, let's see wate the article says... hmm, it's Welte. How svelte!

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  2. Re:Important lesson: by Dancindan84 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tell that to this Seal: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7379554.stm

    Just like real life if you're smaller and on the bottom, you're screwed. Fortunately that wasn't the case for the article's penguin.

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  3. Re:And thanks to skype too, by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Skype is owned by Ebay; prickdom is pretty much a given.

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  4. Re:Important lesson: by Chris+Burke · · Score: 3, Funny

    So the penguin and the gnu are both relevant.

    That's right. It's a tag-team match. And Skype's partner was a brain damaged lawyer who thought anti-trust arguments were worth even mentioning. While Tux pummeled Skype, the Gnu snuck up on the lawyer from behind and bashed him with a folding chair.

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