Biggest legal victory ever for GPL
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| For decades, almost no one challenged the General Public License in legal
| matters. In fact, no one has even dared to try to break it in court. That
| record remains unsullied as the biggest company to date--Verizon--that had
| been accused of a GPL violation opted to settle out of court.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2614635569.html
Also here:
BusyBox Developers Agree To End GPL Lawsuit Against Verizon
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| The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today announced that agreements have
| been reached to dismiss the GPL enforcement lawsuit filed by SFLC against
| Verizon Communications Inc. on behalf of two principal developers of BusyBox.
| Verizon distributes BusyBox to its FiOS customers in devices that are
| provided to Verizon by Actiontec Electronics, Inc.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/mar/17/busybox-verizon/
Verizon Settles GPL Lawsuit
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| The settlement calls for Actiontec to appoint an Open Source Compliance
| Officer as well as ensuring that Actiontec properly makes available the
| BusyBox source code that it uses. Additionally Actiontec will pay BusyBox
| an 'undisclosed' financial sum.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/verizon-settles-gpl-lawsuit.html
And for those who simply refuse to join the GPL club:
Protecode's new product cleans up open-source code use
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| Mr. Koohgoli said identifying those licensing attributes has become
| increasingly important with the popularity of open-source code and
| development outsourcing, as well as with the tightening of corporate
| governance rules and the question of IP indemnity.
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http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/291241948851238.php
They all want to use GPL code, but not just embrace open source. Shades of
McAfee.
Related:
We’re not thieves. We just can’t read contracts (McAfee and Open Source)
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| There is a lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) spread about Free/Libre
| and Open Source (FLOSS) licenses. While companies dependant on older
| competing business models suggest these licenses are complex or “ambiguous”,
| the reality is quite the opposite.
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http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/2008/01/11/we%E2%80%99re-not-thieves-we-just-can%E2%80%99t-read-contracts-mcafee-and-open-source/
http://tinyurl.com/39pjml
McAfee throws some FUD at the GPL
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| In its annual report, Windows security software vendor McAfee told its
| investors that open source software licence terms it vaguely characterised
| as " ambiguous" might "result in unanticipated obligations regarding our
| products."
|
| [...]
|
| That statement says several things. First, it reveals that McAfee does use at
| least some open source software derived code in its products. Second, it
| betrays that McAfee has misappropriated that open source software and thus is
| committing copyright infringement, because it doesn't distribute that open
| source software derivative source code. Third, by calling its products that
| include open source software code "proprietary", McAfee shows that it really
| doesn't want to shoulder its GPL licence obligations, but instead wants to
| both have its cake and eat it too.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/05/mcafee-throws-fud-gpl
McAfee to pay $13.8 million to settle backdating lawsuits
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| McAfee has taken two major steps toward closing the stock-option backdating
| scandal that has plagued the company for the past two years.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071222/tc_infoworld/94209
McAfee, Inc. Welcomes Nine New Partners to Its Security Innovation Alliance
Program
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| LogLogic(R) provides an enterprise-class platform for collecting, storing,
| reporting and alerting on 100% of IT log data from virtually any source.
| LogLogic intends to provide bi-lateral integration between its open log
| management and intelligence platform and McAfee ePO. LogLogic's integrated
| analysis applications for compliance, security and operational excellence
| will be able to leverage information provided by McAfee ePO and will in turn
| enhance McAfee ePO analytics with information about user and system behavior.
|
| "LogLogic applauds McAfee's initiative to deliver open compliance, risk and
| security solutions," said Dominique Levin, executive vice president of
| marketing, products and business development, LogLogic. "Open and integrated
| multi-vendor applications deliver excellent time to value and reduce costs
| for our mutual customers."
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CLM03221012008-1.htm
Why Are the Feds Still Gunning for McAfee's Former GC?
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| But things didn't quite work out that way. Eight years later, Roberts is
| preparing for his felony trial on two counts of mail fraud, one count of wire
| fraud, three counts of false Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and
| one count of falsifying books and records. If convicted on all seven counts,
| Roberts faces a maximum of 140 years in prison and more than $10 million in
| fines. He is also fighting a suit by the SEC for securities fraud and is a
| defendant with McAfee in two derivative suits over backdating. The SEC
| complaint called Roberts' repricing "a fraudulent scheme to enrich himself."
| Roberts pled not guilty to the criminal charges and denied the SEC
| allegations.
|
| Roberts' attorney, Neal Stephens, a partner at Cooley Godward Kronish in Palo
| Alto, Calif., said that neither he nor Roberts would comment for this
| article. McAfee spokesman Joris Evers says, "McAfee does not discuss former
| employees."
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http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1200650739414
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