News Story Freedom on the Offensive with Multiple Lawsuits

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Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Tue, 12/15/2009 - 09:40

The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) took aim at 14 consumer electronics companies for violating GPL licensed products.

This is the largest lawsuit of its kind ever filed. This lawsuit uses what Richard Stallman calls "tivoization" as its defense.

Tivoization, if you recall from my post, "Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom?

" involves the use of GPL licensed software with a product without allowing the user access to the source code and thereby preventing the user from changing that...

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