From fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:00:20 +0100 Subject: import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo --- 2004/gpl-ccc2004/extended-abstract | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2004/gpl-ccc2004/extended-abstract (limited to '2004/gpl-ccc2004/extended-abstract') diff --git a/2004/gpl-ccc2004/extended-abstract b/2004/gpl-ccc2004/extended-abstract new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b5874b --- /dev/null +++ b/2004/gpl-ccc2004/extended-abstract @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Enforcing the GNU GPL - Copyright helps Copyleft + +More and more vendors of various computing devices, especially network-related +appliances such as Routers, NAT-Gateways and 802.11 Access Points are using +Linux and other GPL licensed free software in their products. + +While the Linux community can look at this as a big success, there is a back +side of that coin: A large number of those vendors have no idea about the GPL +license terms, and as a result do not fulfill their obligations under the GPL. + +The netfilter/iptables project has started legal proceedngs against a number of +companies in violation of the GPL since December 2003. Those legal proceedings +were quite successful so far, resulting in twelve amicable agreements and one +granted preliminary injunction. The list of companies includes large +corporations such as Siemens, Asus and Belkin. + +The speaker will present an overview about his recent successful enforcement of +the GNU GPL within German jurisdiction. + +He will go on speaking about what exactly is neccessarry to fully comply with +the GPL, including his legal position on corner cases such as cryptographic +signing. + +Resulting from his experience in dealing with the german legal system, he will +give some hints to software authors about what they can do in order to make +eventual later license enforcement easier. + +In the end, it seems like the idea of the founding fathers of the GNU GPL +works: Guaranteeing Copyleft by using Copyright. -- cgit v1.2.3