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GPL Defenders Say: See You in Court

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Stephen Shankland
Oct 1, 2007

“A legal team enforcing the most widely used license in the
open-source and free software movement has shown that it’s not
afraid to take its cases all the way to court.

“For years, violations of the General Public License, or GPL,
have been met with quiet discussions to resolve compliance problems
that can result when open-source software is used improperly. Now,
however, the Software Freedom Law Center is taking a hard-line
approach, filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against Monsoon
Multimedia for allegedly failing to abide by requirements of the
GPL…”


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