GPL to be legally tested in New York

21 September, 2007

Yet another case to watch

For the first time in the U.S., a company and software vendor, Monsoon Multimedia, is being taken to court for a GPL violation.
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The developers of BusyBox came to the SFLC after trying to talk Monsoon into honoring the conditions of the GPLv2. Unsuccessful with this, the SFLC has filed suit on the developers’ behalf against Monsoon.

It seems like a classic case of GPL violation. The great thing about the GPL licence is trying to get it declared invalid doesn’t help someone breaking it, as the GPL is the only thing that gave them any rights to distribute the software in the first place.

update The case is to settle out of court

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