Re: Copyright Misuse Doctrine in Apple v. Psystar

[Rjack]

Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Would you format your paragraphs properly in future, please?
>
> In gnu.misc.discuss amicus_curious <ACDC@sti.net> wrote:
>
> > So they [SFLC] didn't suddenly "become aware" of anything at 
> > all.  They just became suddenly aware that they were out to 
> > lunch on the law and were about to have their case tossed out 
> > of court, so they surrendered, begging Verizon to not make an 
> > issue of things and probably paying for Verizon's costs.  It 
> > was a total loss.
>
> That's not the way the SFLC sees it.  On 
> http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2008/mar/17/busybox-verizon/ 
> we have:
>
> As a result of the plaintiffs agreeing to dismiss the lawsuit and
>  reinstate Actiontec's and its customer's rights to distribute 
> BusyBox under the GPL, Actiontec has agreed to appoint an Open 
> Source Compliance Officer within its organization to monitor and 
> ensure GPL compliance, to publish the source code for the version
>  of BusyBox it previously distributed on its Web site, and to 
> undertake substantial efforts to notify previous recipients of 
> BusyBox from Actiontec and its customers, including Verizon, of 
> their rights to the software under the GPL. The settlement also 
> includes an undisclosed amount of financial consideration paid to
>  the plaintiffs by Actiontec.

That a self-serving 100% *unverifiable* claim from the SFLC.

The defendant's agreed to dismiss the lawsuit WITH PREJUDICE and
agreed to cease filing any future frivolous lawsuits:

*******************************************************
Civil Name Search Results
7 Total Case matches for selection LANDLEY for SECOND CIRCUIT
Fri Feb 20 12:37:39 2009
Name                                             Court   Case No.
                  Filed         NOS    Closed
LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2008cv05269    06/09/2008    820    07/28/2008
Andersen et al v. Super Micro Computer, Inc.

LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2008cv05270    06/09/2008    820    10/17/2008
Andersen et al v. Bell Microproducts, Inc. et al

LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2008cv06426    07/17/2008    820    10/20/2008
Anderson et al v. Extreme Networks, Inc.

LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2007cv08205    09/19/2007    820    11/30/2007
Andersen et al v. Monsoon Multimedia, Inc.

LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2007cv10455    11/19/2007    820    12/17/2007
Andersen et al v. Xterasys Corporation

LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2007cv10456    11/19/2007    820    03/03/2008
Andersen et al v. High-Antennas, L.L.C.

LANDLEY, ROB                                     nysdce
1:2007cv11070    12/06/2007    820    03/17/2008
Andersen et al v. Verizon Communications, Inc.
********************************************************

After 3/17/2008 no further cases were filed because VERIZON
KICKED THEIR IGNORANT, FRIVOLOUS ASSES.

Now, the above is 100% *verifiable*.

Sincerely,
Rjack :)