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more precisely

Posted Dec 12, 2008 23:41 UTC (Fri) by merriam (guest, #474)
In reply to: No, the FSF hasn't gone to court before. by tialaramex
Parent article: The FSF raises the stakes for Cisco

It's the first time we've ever filed suit in a compliance case.

-- Brett Smith, Licensing Compliance Engineer, Free Software Foundation

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Posted Dec 30, 2008 3:19 UTC (Tue) by merriam (guest, #474) [Link]

From: Brett Smith <brett@fsf.org>
To: gnu-prog@gnu.org
Subject: FSF Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:40:44 -0500 (09:40 PST)

Hello GNU Maintainers,

You might have seen the press release go out over one of our other
mailing lists, but I wanted to be sure that all of you saw this. This
morning the FSF filed suit against Cisco for violating the GPL and the
LGPL. To make sure everyone understands what's going on and why we did
this, we've put out a press release[1], a blog post with more background
information about the case[2], and if you want, you can even read a
complete copy of the complaint[3].

[1] http://www.fsf.org/news/2008-12-cisco-suit
[2] http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2008-12-cisco-complaint
[3] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/complaint-2008-12-11.pdf

This isn't a choice we made lightly. It's the first time we've ever
filed suit in a compliance case. But ultimately we felt this was the
best way to make sure that Cisco fulfills its license obligations going
forward.

This shouldn't have any impact on the work you do as GNU maintainers;
since we're the copyright holders for the software in question, all the
work's on us. I just wanted to give you a heads-up. If you all have
any questions about this case, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

--
Brett Smith
Licensing Compliance Engineer, Free Software Foundation

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