[Discussioni] [Fwd: Preliminary Injunction to enforce netfilter/iptables GPL]

[Francesco Potorti`]

>Following a warning notice, Sitecom refused to sign a declaration to
>cease and desist. Thus, the netfilter/iptables project was compelled to
>ask the court for a preliminnary injuction, banning Sitecom from
>distributing its product, unless Sitecom complies with all obligations
>imposed by the GNU GPL.
>
>"To my knowledge, this is the first case in which a judicial decision
> has been decreed on the applicability and the validity of the GNU GPL",
>says Dr. Till Jaeger, partner of the Berlin and Munich based law firm
>JBB Rechtsanwaelte (http://www.jbb.de/) that represented the
>netfilter/iptables project in the litigation.

Questo è estremamente interressante.  Che io sappia è la prima volta a
livello mondiale che la GPL arriva in tribunale.