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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. Why? by Daryen · · Score: 0, Troll

    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?

  2. Re:Use public domain! by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isn't the very nature of something in the public domain such that it can't be "abused"?

    Definition stretching of that sort always leads to the creation of laws against victimless crimes like corpse "rape". Can something really have the right to deny consent if it has no more sentience than a rock? Can source code really be abused if it has already been given away?

    I like the GPL, but please don't try to justify it by using loaded terms like "abuse" and "rape".

  3. It wasn't that the GPL won... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It was that the French surrendered.