BusyBox Developers Agree To End GPL Lawsuit Against Verizon

Busybox developers have agreed to dismiss another GPL enforcement lawsuit, this time against Verizon Communications. Verizon was distributing Actiontec equipment that had Busybox installed and were not providing the code to downstream users. "'Actiontec takes great pride in providing innovative, quality products to its customers, while respecting the intellectual property rights of third parties,' said Dean Chang, Actiontec's President and CEO. 'We appreciate the value of the technological contributions of the open source community, and look forward with renewed commitment to working cooperatively with them.'" Click below for the full press release from the Software Freedom Law Center.

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