Re: SFLC's GPL court enforcement -- track record

[Alexander Terekhov]

Extreme Networks' offer regarding GPL'd stuff:

http://www.extremenetworks.com/services/osl-exos.aspx

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 
> Yet another complaint.
> 
> http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/jul/21/busybox/extreme-networks.pdf
> 
> Now, this is interesting:
> 
> ------
> 17. On March 12, 2008, through their counsel, Plaintiffs sent Defendant
> their requirements for settling the dispute, which included that
> Defendant: comply with the License; appoint an Open Source Compliance
> Officer; notify prior recipients of infinging products of their rights
> under the License; and compensate Plaintiffs.
> 
> 18. On June 25, 2008, after a series of communications between the
> parties regarding other of Plaintiffs’ requirements for settlement,
> Defendant refused to compensate Plaintiffs.
> 
> 19. On June 26, 2008, through their counsel, Plaintiffs again notified
> Defendant that its continued distribution of the Program was in
> violation of the License and an infringement of Plaintiffs’ copyrights.
> Plaintiffs’ counsel requested a call to discuss the matter further.
> 
> 20. Defendant has not responded to Plaintiff’s June 26 notice, and
> continues to distribute the Infringing Products and Firmware in
> violation of Plaintiffs’ exclusive rights under the Copyright Act.
> ------
> 
> <chuckles>
> 

regards,
alexander.

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