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Palm Sued Over Palm Pre GPL Violation

Posted by timothy on from the license-quicksand dept.

zaxl writes "Palm is being sued by Artifex Software over the PDF viewer in Palm's Pre smartphone, which may violate the GNU GPL. Artifex alleges that Palm has copied Artifex's PDF rendering engine, called muPDF, and integrated it into the Palm Pre's PDF viewer application without the proper licensing conditions. The entire application must be licensed under the GPL if muPDF is part of the application. It seems more and more cell phones are shipping with open source code, but in a closed manner."

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  1. the FSF? by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those patent trolls...

  2. Re:Another example of Not Really Free by bug1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, the industry is moving to BSD-style licenses? When? What industry?

    FATI (Freeloaders And Takers International) made public anouncements that no longer will they stand by and take software that demands they do more than stand by and take software !

    FATI have declared they will setup a protest webpage at becomeafati.com where freeloaders and takers from all over the globe can declare their intent to idly stand and waiting for other people to give them what they want when they want it.

    LATE NEWS: FATI are demanding somebody else setup their webpage NOW and place it under an anything goes style license.

  3. Re:Well (parent needs a clue) by TangoMargarine · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I see your post attempting to be succinct and insightful, and I raise you an unqualified insult"

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