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Bell, SuperMicro Sued Over GPL
Markus Toth writes "The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed two more copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of the developers of the Linux-based BusyBox utility suite. The suits allege that Bell Microproducts and SuperMicro Computer each violated redistribution stipulations of the GNU General Public License (GPL).The Bell Microproducts suit pertains to the Hammer MyShare NAS (network-attached storage) appliance, which is sold by Bell's Hammer Storage division. I was the one who alerted the busybox developers about the GPL violation after providing a script for disassembling the firmware and instructions about mounting the contained initrd. As you see in my first post at the gpl-violations.org mailing lists where I posted all mails that I sent to and received from Hammer Storage, they refused to provide me the GPL sources several times. Looks like they will have to provide them soon; I will post any updates in the nas-central blog."
It's section 37, right below the part about defacing pictures of the poor, innocent GNU in its natural habitat.
GNU more Mr. Nice Guy...
*Pulls on asbestos undies*
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
"Hello, this is mindbender. Yes, mindbender. Send your code to me, to mindbender. I don't care if you are a mere outsourced csr, for I will post messages about you and write about you on the internet if you do not do what I, mindbender, wish. Yes, I could have contacted your corporate office and asked for your legal representation but instead I chose to explain GPL to someone whose database of responses is limited to the simplest queries. Do not fail to heed mindbender's threats, randomly chosen tech support person, for we want what we want and we want it now."
Signed,
gnu/mindbender
And 9 days before it got Duped on slashdot.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs