From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264396AbUG2MLO (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:11:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264412AbUG2MLO (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:11:14 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:64450 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264396AbUG2MLL (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:11:11 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:11:05 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] German court says the GPL is effective Message-ID: <20040729121105.GO2349@fs.tum.de> References: <20040723212423.GQ19329@fs.tum.de> <20040723222825.GA21989@merlin.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040723222825.GA21989@merlin.emma.line.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 12:28:25AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > 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. > > > > [1] http://www.jbb.de/urteil_lg_muenchen_gpl.pdf > > Has this verdict become final yet? No, it's not yet final. > Matthias Andree cu Adrian -- "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