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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:Confused by AvitarX · · Score: 0, Troll

    What extra freedoms are granted users by bsd style licences?

    I know developers and distributers have more rights, but I can't think of any extra ones for users. Only the loss of right to request code.

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