From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268077AbUGWVYm (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:24:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268075AbUGWVYm (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:24:42 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:20928 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268077AbUGWVYc (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:24:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:24:23 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [OT] German court says the GPL is effective Message-ID: <20040723212423.GQ19329@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I know this is off-topic, but a court in my home town Munich has decided that a cease and desist letter Harald Welte sent to a router producer (Sitecom) who used netfilter/iptables in his router but didn't publish the sources of the firmware with a penalty of up to 100 000 Euro is valid (a German version of the decision of the three judges is at [1]). It's quite nice to hear that a court has decided that the GPL is enforceable under German law. cu Adrian [1] http://www.jbb.de/urteil_lg_muenchen_gpl.pdf -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed