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GPL Wins In French Court Case

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here-come-the-jokes dept.

viralMeme writes "An appeals court in Paris has upheld the ruling from a lower court, which found that the French firm Edu4 had violated the GNU General Public License (GPL). The plaintiff was the French Organisation Association francaise pour la Formation Professionnelle des Adultes (AFPA), an umbrella organization for adult education." The basic charge was the removal of copyrights and such from VNC source code, and not distributing it.

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  1. French, eh? by autocracy · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should turn off Edu4's Internet too.

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  2. Not much in the article either. by NoYob · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...an umbrella organization for adult education."

    So they teach about porn?

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    1. Re:Not much in the article either. by wall0159 · · Score: 2, Funny

      French people don't need porn - they get laid.

  3. Re:Why? by noundi · · Score: 4, Funny

    It sucks to see the GPL being used to shut down an organization that dedicates itself to something noble like adult education. Then again, what did they have to gain by NOT publishing their changes and removing the copyright info?

    You're the kind of guy who sees a good and innocent side of genocide, aren't you?

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  4. strike ONE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    2 more left for them

  5. Re:Comparison of licenses by Frankie70 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Release the following under public domain, GPL, and BSD

    10 print "The 50 states of the US"
    20 print "Alabama"

    What happens next?

    Stallman wants everyone to refer to USA as GNU/USA?