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I-75
December 12th, 2008, 08:52 AM
Free Software Foundation lawsuit against Cisco a first

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081211-free-software-foundation-lawsuit-against-cisco-a-first.html

By Ryan Paul | Published: December 11, 2008 - 09:56PM CT

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has filed a lawsuit against Cisco for copyright infringement.

Despite numerous requests by the FSF and extensive ongoing discussions between the two organizations, Cisco has allegedly continued to disregard its obligations under the GPL and has released a number of products that contain GPL-licensed code without making the source code available to end users.

earthpigg
December 12th, 2008, 09:05 AM
good for the FSF.

SunnyRabbiera
December 12th, 2008, 09:26 AM
Indeed, if they are using the GPL as a backing they should be made to contribute code back.

Sealbhach
December 12th, 2008, 10:55 AM
Good. I hope it doesn't drag on for years.


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