Linux beats legal threat from one of its own developers

Posted by bob on Mar 9, 2018 3:02 PM CST
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Linux has beaten many legal challenges over the years, but until now, it hasn't had to win a battle over one of its own. In a German court earlier this week, former Linux developer Patrick McHardy gave up on his Gnu General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) violation case against Geniatech Europe GmbH. Now, you may ask, "How can a Linux programmer dropping a case against a company that violates the GPL count as a win?" .............It's complicated.

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