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Harald Welte has standing in German courts

Harald Welte has standing in German courts

Posted Jan 14, 2012 0:18 UTC (Sat) by clemenstimpler (guest, #71914)
Parent article: Google's disappearing Android GPL compliance opportunity

1. There is precedent in German case law for the GPL requirement to disclose the source code: http://www.jbb.de/judgment_dc_frankfurt_gpl.pdf .

2. The cost to put this on trial in Germany are not as prohibitive as they are in the US.

3. The damage done to HTC does not depend on the venue of legal proceedings.


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