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:Linux Business Week: GPL Sued For "Software Price Fixing"
Linux Business Week: GPL Sued For "Software Price Fixing"
May 3, 2005, 12 :45 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (16284 reads)

(Other stories by Maureen O'Gara)

"The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the General Public License (GPL), the great enabler of the open source movement, were sued last Thursday for restraint of trade under the Clayton Antitrust Act (15 US Code Section 26) in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

"The pro se suit, filed by physicist, computer programmer and Groklaw gadfly Daniel Wallace, charges that the GPL 'contract licensing scheme' artificially fixes software prices..."

Complete Story

Groklaw: Mo' MOG Mistakes & Larry Rosen on Daniel Wallace's Anti-GPL Lawsuit: 'It's Bunk.'

"I think the Register needs to do an expose of journalists and their errors and poor fact-checking when writing about legal news. Of course, they should start with themselves, and then I propose they take a look at The Collected Works of Maureen O'Gara.

"There is a new specimen today, in which she announces an Indiana lawsuit, brought pro se by Daniel Wallace against the FSF. He would like the GPL outlawed for price fixing or something like that. Ms. O'Gara styles him a 'Groklaw gadfly,' but as usual, she is wrong..."

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Related Story:
LinuxWorld: GPL - Are We Wishing for Something We Really Don't Want?(Feb 10, 2004)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
This is bigger than GaDuGi. Thanks for t ...   Clayton Act   
Wanna B. Jeff V. Merkey
May 3, 2005, 02:33:27
 
But am I not allowed to fix the price of ...   Correct me if I am wrong   
Jimmy the Geek
May 3, 2005, 02:50:54
 
A lawsuit against the GPL can be used la ...   Can they be that stupid ?   
Laxator 2
May 3, 2005, 03:28:16
 
guys, relax! read the law at the followi ...   relax!   
daniael
May 3, 2005, 04:37:38
 
Isn't this the same lady who not lon ...   Track record   
blackhole
May 3, 2005, 08:01:51
 
...Even open source advocates have expre ...   She's wrong (again).   
Brandioch Conner
May 3, 2005, 09:43:15
 
They really should have saved this one f ...   Is it April 1st ?   
Flossie
May 3, 2005, 10:58:01
 
Here we go again, this time the schmucks ...   FUD Factor   
Joe Almeida
May 3, 2005, 11:54:02
 
She lost her case trying to get records  ...   She had to do something!   
Mike R.
May 3, 2005, 13:23:11
 
The LBW week artical is drivel don't ...   DON'T ReadLBW , Read Groklaw   
Patrick Chapman
May 3, 2005, 13:24:25
 
Don't take everything at face value. ...   This is serious   
saber
May 3, 2005, 13:43:21
 
It's only obvious that there's p ...   Price fixing   
Surreal
May 3, 2005, 14:18:58
 
> guys, relax! read the law at the follo ...   Re: relax!   
Eric Lengvenis
May 3, 2005, 14:20:08
 
http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/rea ...   MOG publishes a reply from a Lawyer   
GreyGeek
May 3, 2005, 15:02:39
 
Come on, Groklaw - whoever you really ar ...   Groklaw complaint pot calling the kettle black   
omniprovident
May 3, 2005, 16:12:06
 
> Don't take everything at face valu ...   Re: This is serious   
Rainer Weikusat
May 3, 2005, 16:37:37
 
> http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/r ...   Re: MOG publishes a reply --- WORTHY READ   
Jose
May 3, 2005, 16:53:15
 
> http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/r ...   Re: MOG publishes a reply from a Lawyer   
Ken Jennings
May 3, 2005, 16:58:14
 
A=Yes they can and demonstrate it regula ...   Re: Can they be that stupid ? A=Yes   
anonymous
May 3, 2005, 17:12:44
 
Poor MOG. She is so out of her league an ...   Re: MOG is so out.....   
Nicholas Donovan
May 3, 2005, 20:06:59
 
If you look at the linuxbusinessnews.sys ...   linuxbusinessnews   
csbruce
May 3, 2005, 21:55:05
 
I'm a laywer too and I predict that  ...   I'm a lawyer too and,...   
JaseP
May 4, 2005, 03:56:26
 
I'd say, read them both. It's go ...   Re: DON'T ReadLBW , Read Groklaw   
BD
May 4, 2005, 10:58:12
 
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