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- Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?
- Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?They are hosed.They have no leg to stand on, and obviously, they are using GPLed software with proprietary methods that they don't want to disclose. Since the long term relief is simply that they must stop using BusyBox or release the full...
- Tags: SFLC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Expect a settlement in Monsoon GPL suit
- Expect a settlement in Monsoon GPL suitTrack recordKeep in mind that to date, [b]all[/b] of the GPL-enforcement actions (save one [1]) have ended in settlements where the alleged violator simply arranges to be compliant and that's that. No damages asked or awarded; just "go and sin no more."Everybody walks...
- Tags: Litigation, OPEN SOURCE, SFLC, GPL, Monsoon, settlement
- Discussion threads 2007-09-22
- Tax day smackdown from FOSS
- My last piece, on Stuart Cohen and the CSI, held light. Be forewarned the following is pure heat. Well see which you prefer.It seems our friends at the Software Freedom Law Center have a little tax time advice for you. When you use open source, you avoid the "patent tax."The...
- Tags: Patents, Microsoft, Linux, Legal, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
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- Does interoperability violate the GPL?
- Does interoperability violate the GPL?Open source, development method or moral philosophy?I'm not certain that efforts to separate the two will always be successful. Many of the people who are supplying the work that allows reduced staff expenses are probably doing so because they believe to some degree in open...
- Tags: Operating systems, Proprietary Developers, GPL, Linux, proprietary software, open source, interoperability, software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?
- Why wait for the lawsuit to be filed before taking appropriate action, or at least responding to the SFLC? Is it that any publicity is good publicity? After all the suits of the last year do vendors still think the SFLC is bluffing? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Lawsuit, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- News to know: Vista tweaks; Firefox 3; Life streaming for business; Office
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: 10 top tweaks for Windows Vista. Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to show off a corporate Facebook-like prototype About those Windows XP 'upgrades' from Vista ... Dennis Howlett: CIO perspective:...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Embedded market keeping SFLC busy as in BusyBox
- As in the previous suits, the defendants ignored attempts by the SFLC to settle the problems privately. Previous suits settled soon after being filed. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Bell Microproducts Inc., Suit, BusyBox, Embedded Linux, Linux, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Eben law can have an open source business model
- Anyone can have an open source business model. Even an open source lawyer. Eben Moglen, whose Software Freedom Law Center provides free legal help to open source projects, has just announced Moglen Ravicher LLC, a for-profit law firm covering the same ground. Their first...
- Tags: Lawyer, OpenNMS, Ravicher, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise
- Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promiseMS only has our best interest in mind.NOT!Keep it simple stupid is a good standard, MS standard is anything but simple.Let's see if I get this straightThe main gist of the paper is that OSP is not GPL and this, therefore, proves that...
- Tags: MS Only, Microsoft Corp., GPL, OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Is McAfee just asking for a lawsuit?
- Eben Moglen and the troops at the Software Freedom Law Center may want to read the McAfee annual report more than once. Without this warning there's a chance Eben may do a spit-take on his morning coffee. McAfee stock is down 25% 20% in the last two months...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Lawsuit, McAfee Stock, Public Relations, Open Source, Security, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Busybox takes another step up GPL protection ladder
- The Software Freedom Law Center, acting on behalf of Busybox, has won a second settlement of GPL infringement charges and now faces Verizon's lawyers. Pictured is the Busybox logo with a hint for last-minute Santas who have very small children. They will prefer the box to whatever...
- Tags: GPL, Router, Settlement, Verizon Communications Inc., Busybox, Litigation, Routers & Switches, Open Source, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Just don't call it trolling, Verizon
- Just don't call it trolling, VerizonHmm..So that's why Verizon support technicians clam up the second you mention you use Linux.It's quite possible......that Verizon is right on this and that the Busybox developers and SFLC have overreached. I'm not at all sure I'd like a precedent that holds the unwitting...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., DD-WRT, GPLv2, source code
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- Just don't call it trolling, Verizon
- The Software Freedom Law Center has sued Verizon on behalf of Busybox. Busybox wrote a Linux application, under the GPL, which Verizon used in a wireless router it provides users of its FIOS service, which promises faster speed in exchange for cutting users' copper and tieing them...
- Tags: GPL, Router, Verizon Communications Inc., Software Freedom Law Center, SPLC, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- GPL defenders say: See you in court
- GPL defenders say: See you in courtOnly fair...If you are going to use the code then you must abide by the terms of the license.I completely understand the SFLC's position. There must be a penalty for violating the license. Otherwise it turns into a game of using the code in...
- Tags: Strategy, commons, GPL, GPL defender, defender, patent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes care
- Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes careWho's stealing what?Before De Raadt compains about GPL boys "stealing" code, he better review his license. Don't proprietary companies "steal" BSD code when they make proprietary programs from BSD code? If that's allowed by the license, then why are the GPL people to...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, De Raadt, BSD Code, BSD, MADWiFi, Madwifi developer, OpenBSD, GPL
- Discussion threads 2007-09-28
- Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes care
- The Software Freedom Law Center has released a set of guidelines for projects that need to mix BSD and GPL code. This follows a highly-publicized dispute over Atheros driver code for the Linux kernel, during which OpenBSD head Theo de Raadt and other OpenBSD leaders got, shall...
- Tags: Developer, GPL, OpenBSD, BSD, Software Freedom Law Center, Raadt, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Expect a settlement in Monsoon GPL suit
- UPDATE: That didn't take long. Those who expected a quick settlement win just what folks won on Iron Chef, namely the people's ovation and fame forever. Monsoon Multimedia, by the way, is based in Noida, India, near Delhi. Despite an immense excitement over the filing...
- Tags: GPL, Settlement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-22
- GPL will get its day in court
- GPL will get its day in courtSP?[i]Software Freedom Law Center SLFC[/i]Shouldn't that be SFLC not SLFC. You used the latter twice.I doubt they signed any contractPersonally, I don't think ANY company should be able to publish a contract and claim that it is valid. If we don't mutually agree...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, EULA, Monsoon
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Is Microsoft bound by GPLv3?
- Is Microsoft bound by GPLv3?The FSF has never before been interested in money damagesThe history of the FSF and other supporters/users of the GNU GPL has been compliance, not money damages. Seeking money damages would simply open a can of worms given you then have to figure out the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., GPLv3, GPL, GPL V3, compliance, Free Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
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