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authorHarald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100
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+A significant amount of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is covered under
+the GNU General Public License (GPL). Up to about one year ago, this copyright
+licese was never contested in court, and there was no precendent on the
+enforcibility of it's so-called "copyleft" character. This has changed since
+the Author of this Presentation (Harald Welte) obtained a preliminary
+injunction and a court order of the District Court of Munich (Germany) to
+enforce the GPL. Harald will share his experience in legal enforcement of the
+GPL.
personal git repositories of Harald Welte. Your mileage may vary