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Skype Withdraws Appeals Case, GPL 'Wins'

IconIn July of 2007, Skype lost a court case over their failure to include a copy of the GPL in their WSKP100 VoIP phone - it ran Linux, GPL software, which means a copy of the GPL license must be included. The case was started by the gpl-violations.org group. Skype decided to appeal against the decision, but it has decided to withdraw that appeal.

GPL vs. Skype Back In Court

mollyhackit writes "Hackaday reports that the GPL vs Skype case is going back to court today. This as an appeal to the court's decision Slashdot reported last July. The original case was brought against Skype for the Linux based SMC Skype WiFi phone. The court upheld the GPLv2 and decided that Skype had not gone far enough in meeting section 3 which details how to provide the original source. This time around Skype is apparently trying to argue that the GPL violates anti-trust regulations."

The GPL vs. Skype: Open source's bedrock license wins again

Groklaw is reporting that Skype has given up on its appeal against a lower German court's ruling that the GPL is enforceable, thank you very much. Skype had considered appealing on the grounds that the GPL inhibits (???) free trade, but a few minutes of serious reflection must have caused the Skype attorneys to realize that would be one of the dumbest possible arguments to make against the GPL. As one court already found:

The GPL vs. Skype: Open source's bedrock license wins again

Groklaw is reporting that Skype has given up on its appeal against a lower German court's ruling that the GPL is enforceable, thank you very much. Skype had considered appealing on the grounds that the GPL inhibits (???) free trade, but a few minutes of serious reflection must have caused the Skype attorneys to realize that would be one of the dumbest possible arguments to make against the GPL. As one court already found:

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Skype Gives Up Anti-GPL Appeal

In the end, the court hinted twice that if it was to judge about the case, Skype would not have very high chances. After a short break, Skype decided to revoke their appeals case and accept the previous judgement of the lower court (Landgericht Muenchen I, the decision was in my favor) as the final judgement. This means that the previous court decision is legally binding to Skype, and we have successfully won what has probably been the most lengthy and time consuming case so far.

Skype vs. 3G iPhone

The "Independent" Skype Journal (aka The Skype Cheerleading Squad) has published a list of "advantages" of Skype over the 3G iPhone. Unfortunately, the very first item on their list highlights one of the major flaws in Skype. They list "Sharing your availability and mood message" - in fact, Skype has tremendous problems with accurately showing availability (or presence), to the point where in many cases it is basically random information with no real significance. So what is the point of faulting the 3G iPhone for not having something that Skype has proven incapable of doing themselves? In the same vein, the Skype "mood message" has been the source of security problems recently, was completely blocked for a while because of security concerns, and judging from complaints made in the Skype "Community", is still not working properly for many

Skype Withdraws Appeal Case and GPL Wins

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Skype's smartphone client doesn't do free calls

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Skype Drops GPL Appeal

Skype has thrown in the towel on its appeal of the German court conviction last year that it violated the GPL by not furnishing GPL2-covered source code with a Linux-based SMC Networks VoIP phone. The case was brought by Harald Welte of the gpl-violations.org watchdog operation.

SCOTUS To Hear Small ISPs' Case Against AT&T

snydeq writes "The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an antitrust case that alleges AT&T squeezed out small ISPs by charging too much for wholesale access to its phone network. The case, originally brought to US District Court in 2003, had been appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But AT&T requested the case be heard by the Supreme Court on the grounds that prior conflicting appeals court decisions in this area should be resolved at that level. As part of the case, the Supreme Court will likely also ascertain whether AT&T could be held to violate antitrust law without setting its retail prices below its own cost."

Skype Gives Up Anti-GPL Appeal

l2718 writes "Yesterday we discussed Skype's appeal of a German court's ruling against them regarding a violation of the GPL. Harald Welte (the plaintiff) now reports in his blog that following oral argument, Skype decided to drop the appeal and accept the lower court ruling in Weite's favor. More details and analysis at Groklaw. Congratulations to Mr. Welte and GPL-violations.org!"

GPL-Violations.org and FSFE's Freedom Task Force to work more closely together

GPL-Violations.org and FSFE's Freedom Task Force to work more closely together Coordinators of the FSFE Freedom Task Force (FTF) and GPL-Violations.org recently met in Berlin to discuss future cooperation. The two organisations have agreed to deepen their partnership, building on their combined work since the launch of the FTF in October 2006. GPL-Violations.org will be pro-actively working on cases and seeking resolutions where violations occur. The FTF will continue and expand its educational and networking activities to ensure awareness of best practice and help support people with their use of the licences. "Since GPL-Violations.org was launched the software market in Europe has changed significantly," states Harald Welte, founder of GPL-Violations.

Get Connected Via Skype on Your PSP

With Sony's 3.93 system update (check under the settings menu of your PSP to download it from any Wi-Fi environment), Skype is now available on all slim model PSPs. After you've installed the update, look under the Network menu to find a Skype icon. As long as you are within a Wi-Fi area, you can sign in to or start up a Skype account, then make free calls to anyone else on the Skype network. Sony will start selling a Skype headset kit in late April, but if you already have a PSP headset and the remote connector from the PSP-2000 headphones, you can start dialing now.

Skype's GPL Follies

Another legal challenge to the GPL has ended, at least for the time being. This time it's courtesy of Skype, in German court, with the kind of legal maneuvers that make you wonder what they were thinking -- although they do conveniently illustrate the nature of some of the knee-jerk arguments against the GPL (and FOSS, too).

As soon as Ebay sells Skype, I will start using them again. I hate Ebay!

Skype Ltd. has proven again that it's a healthy, cutting-edge business on its own. First, parent company eBay Inc.'s Q1 2008 results revealed that Skype's revenue had grown 61 percent over the previous year. Next, the Internet phone company announced a flat-rate international calling plan, establishing a new standard that competitors will have to match. But such positive developments don't necessarily make Skype a great subsidiary for an online-auction company. EBay's CEO realizes that too and is reportedly open to the possibility of selling Skype. The question is which company will want to buy the service.

Patent Appeals System Under Constitutional Attack

Goobermunch sends in a law.com article going into questions about the validity of recent patent rulings (within the past eight years) by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, due to the unconstitutionality of the method for appointing patent and trademark appeals judges. The problem arises because the patent appeals judges were appointed by the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office, rather than the Secretary of Commerce. Under Article 2, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the power to appoint "inferior officers" of the government may be vested in "in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments." The patent appeals judges are likely inferior officers, and therefore must be appointed by the President, the courts, or a department head.

Quanta Decision Illustrates Case Against Specialized Patent Court

I agree with Mike that the Quanta v. LG decision was a big victory for common sense in patent law. I think it's worth taking a step back to note that this is a continuation of the trend that Mike identified last year. This is at least the fourth time in as many years that the Supreme Court has taken a patent law case, and in every case they've overruled a bad decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has jurisdiction over patent appeals. The Federal Circuit has spent the last 15 years making a mess of patent law, and the Supreme Court has finally started to notice and is working to clean up the Federal Circuit's messes. But it's hard because patents are one of a handful of major issues on its docket, whereas the Supreme Court has lots of other subjects it needs to deal with.

SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBox Developers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Software Freedom Law Center Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBox Developers NEW YORK, June 10, 2008 -- The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) today announced that it has filed two more copyright infringement lawsuits, on behalf of two principal developers of BusyBox, alleging violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The defendants in this new round of lawsuits are Bell Microproducts, Inc. and Super Micro Computer, Inc. BusyBox is a lightweight set of standard Unix utilities commonly used in embedded systems and is open source software licensed under GPL version 2. One of the conditions of the GPL is that re-distributors of BusyBox are required to ensure that each downstream recipient is provided access to the source code of the program.

Bell, SuperMicro Sued Over GPL

Markus Toth writes "The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed two more copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of the developers of the Linux-based BusyBox utility suite. The suits allege that Bell Microproducts and SuperMicro Computer each violated redistribution stipulations of the GNU General Public License (GPL).The Bell Microproducts suit pertains to the Hammer MyShare NAS (network-attached storage) appliance, which is sold by Bell's Hammer Storage division. I was the one who alerted the busybox developers about the GPL violation after providing a script for disassembling the firmware and instructions about mounting the contained initrd. As you see in my first post at the gpl-violations.org mailing lists where I posted all mails that I sent to and received from Hammer Storage, they refused to provide me the GPL sources sever

GPL vs. Skype Back In Court

Tomorrow at 10:30am at the Oberlandesgericht Muenchen (higher regional court of Munich) there will be an oral hearing in the "Welte vs. Skype Technologies SA" case. The hearing is to be held in room E.06.

US: Court of Appeals rules in Toyota's favour in Solomon patent infringement case

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has ruled that Toyota's hybrid transmissions do not infringe on patents owned by Solomon Technologies, reports Detroit News. The CAFC is the primary court in the US that hears appeals of patent c...

Rambus Reports Favorable Ruling By Appeals Court In Patent Case With Samsung [RMBS]

4/29/2008 2:54:53 PM Rambus Inc. (RMBS), a California based developer of chip interface technologies, Tuesday reported that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a favorable decision in the pending patent infringement case with Samsung. The ruling cancels an earlier order by the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and dismisses the claims put forth by Samsung.

GPL - Grand Parade Investments Limited - Abridged

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