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Current Newswire: Power Up Linux GUI Apps Ksplice debuts zero downtime service for Linux BM Ups Its Processor Power to 7 KDE.org Relaunched for Software Compilation 4.4 The application is the new the operating system Linux can compete with the iPad on price, but where’s the magic? The Bruno Knaapen Technology Learning Center is Established Anjal: GNOME's Evolution for Netbooks Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition Open source means freedom from 'anti-features' UNIX Systems Administrator (IL) Next Step Systems US-IL-Chicago Post A Job | Post A Resume Free Software Foundation: FSF Lawyer and Board Member Serves as Expert Witness in GPL-Related Suit Feb 26, 2002, 20 :51 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (10715 reads) Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Tuesday, February, 26, 2002 - Eben Moglen, General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation (FSF), will testify as an expert witness in the Progress Software Corporation vs. MySQL AB case currently pending in United States District Court in Massachusetts. The current focus of this case is a preliminary injunction sought by MySQL AB concerning a violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) by Progress Software Corp. Progress lost the right to distribute MySQL due to a violation of the GNU GPL. Progress distributed a proprietary software component, Gemini, that combined with the GPL'ed MySQL database system. Gemini was linked statically with the MySQL system to form a single binary program. Many times, the FSF has enforced the GNU GPL in such situations, when our copyrights were at stake. We do such enforcement in a confidential setting without the need of court action. Since Progress distributes no FSF-copyrighted code, the FSF is not a party in the case; however, the FSF takes a strong position that Progress is indeed in violation of the GNU GPL. Moglen said: "In our minds, Progress Software Corp. has committed a garden-variety violation of the GNU GPL. We expect to prevail as we assist MySQL AB in their enforcement action. We are quite surprised that Progress has brought the action this far." The preliminary injunction hearing will take place at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, February, 27, 2002 at the Federal Court House in Boston, Massachusetts in the court of Judge Patti B. Saris. Moglen's full affidavit in this case is available at http://www.fsf.org/press/mysql-affidavit.html. Moglen's full essay about enforcing the GNU GPL is available at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html. About Eben Moglen: Eben Moglen holds a PhD. in history and a J.D. from Yale University. Moglen is currently a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University Law School, and serves as general counsel for the Free Software Foundation. About Free Software Foundation: The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software---particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants---and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their web site, located at http://www.gnu.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Open Source Software    Virot Jun 22, 2004, 12:56:54     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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