netfilter/iptables project announces agreement on GPL licensing with Gigabyte
The netfilter/iptables project (http://www.netfilter.org/) announces another successful enforcement of the GNU General Public License(GPL), a license commonly used with Free Software, such as the Linux...
View Articlegpl-violations.org project brings TomTom to GPL compliance
The gpl-violations.org project (http://www.gpl-violations.org/) announces yet another successful enforcement of the GNU General Public License(GPL), a license commonly used with Free Software, such as...
View ArticleDeclaration to Cease and desist from Longshine GmbH
Today, the netfilter/iptables project announces it has concluded yet another GPL enforcement. It has received a declaration to cease and desist from Longshine Technology Europe GmbH, a German Vendor of...
View Articlegpl-violations.org project now finally has a logo
The Logo (as seen in the upper left corner of this homepage) was designed and provided by Christ Hübsch.
View ArticleDeclaration to Cease and desist from ARP DATACON GmbH
Today, the netfilter/iptables project announces it has concluded yet another GPL enforcement. It has received a declaration to cease and desist from <ulink ARP DATACON, the German Vendor of the...
View Articlegpl-violations.org at the European Commission
Today, Mr. Harald Welte, founder of the gpl-violations.org project, was invited to give a seminar on Free Software, GPL licensing and especially his experience with GPL enforcement at the European...
View ArticleSettlement between netfilter/iptables and Edimax Technology Europe B.V
Today, the netfilter/iptables project has concluded yet another settlement. This time it was with the dutch vendor Edimax Technology. The Edimax products in which GPL-licensed software was found...
View Article13 Companies at CeBIT receive warning letter regarding their alleged GPL...
Some 13 vendors of commercial software and appliance products present at CeBIT receive an open warning letter against their alleged misuse of GPL licensed software. Those warning letters will be...
View Articlegpl-violations.org project gains preliminary injunction against Fortinet UK Ltd.
FORTINET VIOLATES GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE IN SECURITY PRODUCTS Munich court grants preliminary injunction halting sales BERLIN, Germany - Apr. 14, 2005 -- The gpl-violations.org project has uncovered...
View ArticleMEDION Notebooks sold at ALDI discounter violate GPL
The most recent notebook models sold at ALDI discounters in Germany and abroad, the Medion MD95500, were shipping in violation of the GNU General Public License. The notebooks come pre-installed with...
View ArticleGPL Violation in TARGA Traveller 826T MT32 Notebook, sold at LIDL sale today
TARGA NOTEBOOK IN LIDL SALE OF 01 JUN 2005 VIOLATES GPL BERLIN, Germany - Jun. 01, 2005 -- The gpl-violations.org project has uncovered violations by TARGA GmbH, a German Notebook Vendor, of the GNU...
View ArticleAuseinandersetzung um GPL-Konformität der Österreichischen Gesundheitskarte...
Auseinandersetzung um GPL-Konformität der Österreichischen Gesundheitskarte beigelegt. BERLIN, Deutschland - Feb. 10, 2006 -- Das gpl-violations.org Projekt hat einen Verstoß gegen...
View ArticleGPL Dispute in Austrian health card system resolved
BERLIN, Germany - Feb. 10, 2006 -- The gpl-violations.org project has uncovered and resolved violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL) in the Austrian electronic health card (e-card) system...
View Articlegpl-violations.org project prevails in court case on GPL violation by D-Link
DISTRICT COURT OF FRANKFURT ISSUES VERDICT ON GPL VIOLATION OF D-LINK BERLIN, Germany - September 22, 2006 -- The gpl-violations.org project prevails in court litigation against D-Link Germany GmbH...
View ArticleTranslation of Frankfurt District Court judgement in D-Link Case
Translation of Frankfurt District Court judgement in D-Link Case After some delay, the English translation of the court judgement in the D-Link case is now available from...
View Articlegpl-violations.org files court case against Iliad in France
As part of the Freebox campaign, in cooperation with the FSF France and the busybox authors, gpl-violations.org founder Harald Welte has filed a court case against the french telecom company Iliad. The...
View ArticleHarald Welte receives FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
The founder of gpl-violations.org, Harald Welte, received the 2007 Award for the Advancement of Free Software. The Free Software Foundation has stated Harald's work on GPL enforcement as one of the key...
View ArticleGPL-Violations.org and FSFE's Freedom Task Force to work more closely together
GPL-Violations.org and FSFE's Freedom Task Force to work more closely together Coordinators of the FSFE Freedom Task Force (FTF) and GPL-Violations.org recently met in Berlin to discuss future...
View ArticleAVM violating license of the Linux kernel
Linux kernel at centre of battle for control of embedded devices Berlin, 20th June - Tomorrow on June 21st a legal case will be heard before the District Court of Berlin which may have enormous...
View ArticleCourt rejects AVM's claims opposing third party modifications of GPL software
On November 8th the Regional Court of Berlin (Landgericht Berlin) issued its decision in the previously reported case AVM Computersysteme Vertriebs GmbH (AVM) v. Cybits AG (Cybits). In this case, AVM...
View ArticleArmijn Hemel rertires from gpl-violations.org core team
Today, gpl-violations.org announces that Armijn Hemel is retiring from his position in the coreteam of the project. Armijn has been at the heart of the tedious day by day operations of the project,...
View ArticleRegional court Hamburg judgement against FANTEC
The Regional Court of Hamburg [Landgericht Hamburg] found FANTEC GmbH guilty of violating the GNU General Public License in their media player FANTEC 3DFHDL. In the case between Harald Welte versus...
View Articlegpl-violations.org homepage recovers
While gpl-violations.org founder Harald Welte was immersed in other projects and responsibilities, the gpl-violations.org project has been dormant for some time. Unfortuantely the homepage was also...
View Articlegpl-violations.org at FSFE Legal & Licensing Workshop 2016
From April 13 to 15, the FSFE annual legal and licensing workshop was held in Barcelona, Spain. gpl-violations.org founder Harald Welte was presenting about his past experience and future plans...
View ArticleHarald Welte speaking at Black Duck Korea Open Source Conference
gpl-violations.org founder Harald Welte was invited keynote speaker at the Black Duck Korea Open Source Conference 2016 The topic of the presentation was that license enforcement is not an end in...
View ArticleOut-of-court settlement with Allnet GmbH on GPL'd iptables
The Netfilter Core Team has reached an amicable agreement with Allnet GmbH, a Germany-based vendor of networking equipment. Allnet was using netfilter/iptables software in their products without...
View Articlenetfilter/iptables project enforces GPL against Securepoint
The free software project netfilter/iptables continues their series ofThe free software project netfilter/iptables continues their series of successful GPL enforcements:Securepoint is a German vendor...
View Articlenetfilter/iptables project enforces GPL against ASUS
The free software project netfilter/iptables continues their series of successful GPL enforcements:ASUS is offering a WLAN Router Product WL-500g, which incorporates the Linux OS Kernel and...
View Articlenetfilter/iptables project enforces GPL via preliminary injunction against...
The free software project netfilter/iptables continues their series of successful GPL enforcements.At this time, the netfilter/iptables core team was granted a preliminary injunction against the German...
View ArticleSitecom appeal against preliminary injunction turned down
Recently, the Free Software project netfilter/iptables obtained injunctive relief against Sitecom GmbH in Germany, who was distributing the netfilter/iptables software without complying to the...
View Articlegpl-violations.org project to coordinate activity with Free Software Foundation
At the ~izards of OS 3 conference, gpl-violations.org founder Harald Welte had the opportunity to speak with Bradley Kuhn, chief legal consel of the Free Software Foundation.Among the topics of...
View ArticleMany more out-of-court settlements
The netfilter/iptables project did not announce every individual case, but has so far settled in more than 10 cases out of court. Among the vendors are major companies such as Siemens, Fujitsu-Siemens,...
View Articlegpl-violations.org publishes FAQs
The gpl-violations.org project announces two new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents, courtesy of well-known Linux kernel developer Alan Cox.
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