[ Thanks to Tomas
Marek for this link. ]
“I’m getting positively light-headed from so much good news, and
I surely hope you are sitting down if you have any inclination
toward heart flutters, because a court in Germany has just
confirmed the earlier preliminary injunction in the
netfilter/iptables case — the GPL is valid in Germany. Here is a
reader’s translation of a bit of the Heise story:“‘From the reasons of the ruling which as of this Friday are
available in written form it becomes clear that the judges
recognize the GPL as legally effective in general: ‘The court
shares the view that under no circumstances the GPL can be regarded
as renouncing the copyright or legal positions based on the
copyright.’ Plaintiff, a GPL developer, is entitled to legally
enforce his copyrights on the source code…'”
Groklaw:
The German GPL Order–Translated