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Software Freedom Conservancy Wins GPL Case Against Westinghouse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-the-dance-of-joy dept.

fishthegeek writes "The Software Freedom Conservancy has received a judgement against Westinghouse Digital Electronics for $90,000 in damages, $50,000 in costs plus a donation of all of the offending HDTV's that were using BusyBox in violation of the GPL. Given that WDE is nearly bankrupt it's likely that most if not all of the cash will disappear in a legal 'poof,' but it is a victory regardless."

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  1. Re:WDE? by John+Hasler · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > The US Constitution says bankruptcies are in Federal court and not a state matter.

    It says no such thing. It does not cover bankruptcy at all, even indirectly.

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  2. Re:Yay! Copyright rules!! Wuh? Oh,, right, copyrig by Tim+C · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, but you do see an awful lot of comments on here decrying copyright (and patents, and any concept of IP) full stop.

    Yes I know, no single hive-mind exists to hold a coherent opinion.

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