Linux news

2007 07 03

LGPL Compliance Issue in Parallels is Resolved

LGPL Issue Parallels Solved

The issue between WINE and Parallels has been solved.

http://s5h.net/u?z2d54
From the Wiki: Parallels Desktop Watch
http://s5h.net/u?zc896f
Related: German GPL defender claims legal victory

Open-source programmer Harald Welte said Thursday he won a civil court case in Germany centered on the General Public License (GPL). The license governs many open-source projects and permits anyone to use software covered by it, but requires that companies incorporating GPL software make the underlying source code available.

http://s5h.net/u?z28d
Do Microsoft's EULAs have any real legal basis?

"Microsoft has no special exemption from the sale of goods act." Well, no, probably not - but it might still be selling you "services" instead of "goods". But the real point to remember is that it doesn't matter a jot what the "logical" position is, it is what the courts decide that matters. As far as I know, no one has tested Microsoft's EULAs in a UK court and, until someone does, Microsoft will just go on assuming that they work. And I don't fancy the risk of taking on Microsoft's expensive lawyers in court myself...

http://s5h.net/u?za126