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[ http://gpl-violations.org/news/20060922-dl..._frankfurt.html ]
On September 6, 2006 the district court issued its judgement, confirming the
claims by gpl-violations.org, specifically its rights on the subject-matter
source code, the violation of the GNU GPL by D-Link, the validity of the GPL
under German law, and D-Links obligation to reimburse gpl-violations.org for
legal expenses, test purchase and cost of re-engineering. Only the amount of
the legal expenses was considered too high by some insignificant amount of 300
EUR. Therefore, this decision marks a clear-cut victory for
gpl-violations.org. D-Link may file an appeal against the judgement.
Mr. Welte continues:
"It was very sad to see D-Link starting to argue that the GPL would not apply .
Given D-Link's repeated license violations, it can be thankful that we've
never asked for any kind of damages, but merely to cease and desist from
further infringements, plus our expenses. I start to wonder whether they
actually deserve such a mild strategy."
On September 6, 2006 the district court issued its judgement, confirming the
claims by gpl-violations.org, specifically its rights on the subject-matter
source code, the violation of the GNU GPL by D-Link, the validity of the GPL
under German law, and D-Links obligation to reimburse gpl-violations.org for
legal expenses, test purchase and cost of re-engineering. Only the amount of
the legal expenses was considered too high by some insignificant amount of 300
EUR. Therefore, this decision marks a clear-cut victory for
gpl-violations.org. D-Link may file an appeal against the judgement.
Mr. Welte continues:
"It was very sad to see D-Link starting to argue that the GPL would not apply .
Given D-Link's repeated license violations, it can be thankful that we've
never asked for any kind of damages, but merely to cease and desist from
further infringements, plus our expenses. I start to wonder whether they
actually deserve such a mild strategy."