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____/ Homer on Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 08:27 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that nessuno spake thusly:
>> <Quote>
>> Robert Jacobson, the developer behind the open source Java Model
>> Railroad Interface (JMRI) project, finally prevailed in a
>> long-running open source software license enforcement lawsuit against
>> Matthew Katzer, the owner of a company that sells commercial model
>> train software.
> [...]
>> </Quote>
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/02/ruling-foss-devs-can-
collect-damages-from-license-violators.ars
>
> This is a major victory against the Katzer troll:
>
> [quote]
> 1. A permanent injunction will be entered by the Court, expressly
> forbidding Katzer from further misuse of the software that JMRI has
> created, and forbidding him to register any domain names that should
> rightly belong to us.
>
> ...
>
> 2. Katzer explicitly releases all JMRI users and developers from any
> liability for anything related to JMRI, up until 18 months from now.
> This means that he can't try to extract patent royalties, claim
> infringement, argue that somebody infringed a copyright, or anything
> else. He has no right to complain about anything we've done in the
> past or will do in the near future.
>
> ...
>
> 4. Katzer will pay $100,000, spread over the next 18 months.
> [/quote]
>
> http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/History.shtml
>
>
> IMO this is not enough. Katzer should be jailed, his company should be
> liquidated, and his assets striped then given to the JMRI project. He's
> a nasty, vicious little thug, and deserves no less.
The law enforcers are busy handling other more important crimes and jailing
hungry shoplifters or kids who smoke plants.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | GPL'd 3-D Othello: http://othellomaster.com
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