GPL Case Against Danish Satellite Provider

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 15, 2009 @06:06PM from the hey-bub-that's-a-license-you're-sittin'-on dept.

Rohde writes "The number of satellite and cable boxes on the Danish market using Linux has significantly increased during the last couple of years. The providers Viasat, Yousee and Stofa all provide HD receivers based on Linux, and all of them fail to provide the source code or make customers aware of the fact that the units are based on GPL licensed software. I decided it was time to fix this situation and luckily the Danish legal company BvHD has decided to take the case. We are starting with Viasat, which distributes a Samsung box including middleware and security from NDS, and you can follow the case here."

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Re:Huh by 49152 · 2009-08-15 20:57 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Must be something wrong with my reading comprehension today. I now see you start your post with suggesting a written offer in the user manual. Which would be more than good enough to stay GPL compliant.
Sorry for the noise.