Munich court grants preliminary injunction for infringing use of GPL licensed software · 13:49 Uhr · Copyright · #
Sitecom is offering a wireless access router product (WL-122) based on
software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), developed
by the netfilter/iptables project.
The GNU GPL is a license commonly used for many free software projects,
such as the Linux Operating System Kernel. The GPL licenses software
free of cost, but requires any redistributor to provide the full source
code.
According to the court order, Sitecom did not fulfill the obligations
imposed by the GNU General Public License covering the
netfilter/iptables software. In particular, Sitecom did not make any
source code offering or include the GPL license terms with their
products.
Following a warning notice, Sitecom refused to sign a declaration to
cease and desist. Thus, the netfilter/iptables project was compelled to
ask the court for a preliminnary injuction, banning Sitecom from
distributing its product, unless Sitecom complies with all obligations
imposed by the GNU GPL.
Kopfhörer trickst Kopierschutz aus · 12:25 Uhr · Copyright · #
Seit 2 Jahren versuchen die großen Plattenfirmen in Deutschland, CDs mit Kopierschutz zu verkaufen. Jetzt bringt Aiwa einen Kopfhörer auf den Markt, mit dem man den teuren Kopierschutz kinderleicht aushebeln kann. Legal, versteht sich.