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More background about the Cisco case
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| This morning the FSF filed a lawsuit against Cisco, alleging that the company
| has infringed our copyrights by distributing programs under the GNU GPL and
| LGPL without respecting the licenses' terms. You've probably seen the press
| release; if you're especially curious, you might also want to read the
| complaint. Since we expect a lot of people to be interested in this case, I
| wanted to take a little time to explain what has happened, and why we're
| doing this, in plain language.
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http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2008-12-cisco-complaint
FSF schools the monopolist <
http://www.computeruser.com/articles/1909,1,4,1,0901,00.html >.
Updating the Free Software Definition Updating the Free Software Definition
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| Yesterday, we made some changes to the Free Software Definition to help
| clarify a few points that had been confusing for people in the past. Because
| this definition is the benchmark we use to decide whether or not a license is
| free, we want it to be as easy as possible for people to understand, and over
| the years we've regularly made changes to the text that do that. Whether
| we're updating the definition to respond to confusion brought on by specific
| issues, or simply explaining an issue more clearly, we want to make sure that
| the definition is both consistent in its principles and relevant to software
| users.
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http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2008-12-fsd-history
Recent:
Presidential Election Voting Machines Violate Copyrights, Suit Claims
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| Artifex Software, of San Rafael, Calif., claims that PES systems infringe on
| its copyrighted Ghostscript PFD interpretation and printing software. Artifex
| claims PES is using Ghostscript in its electronic election systems even
| though Diebold and PES "have not been granted a license to modify, copy, or
| distribute any of Artifex's copyrighted works," Artifex claims in court
| papers filed late last month in U.S. District Court for Northern California.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/legal/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212000374
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