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[News] Huge Win for GNU GPL Over Verizon

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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