Settlement Reached in Verizon GPL Violation Suit

eldavojohn writes "A settlement has been reached in the Verizon GPLv2 violation suit. The now famous BusyBox developers, Erick Andersen and Rob Landley, will receive an undisclosed sum from subcontractor Actiontec Electronics. 'Actiontec supplied Verizon with wireless routers for its FiOS broadband service that use an open source program called BusyBox. BusyBox developers Andersen and Landley in December sued Verizon -- claiming that the usage violated terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License.'"

Shut up and go away kid...

[Anonymous Coward]

So..... They basically stuffed a wad of cash down Anderson and Landley's throats and said "Shut up, and go away kids... you bother me." in a W.C. Fields voice impression.

Cha-ching!

[Citizen of Earth]

And people say you can't make money by giving your software away.

Re:Now that they have the money..

[ColdWetDog]

This isn't even apples and oranges. It's apples and school bus yellow race cars.

You've managed to create a car analogy without really creating a car analogy. This is almost as good as recursion.

Congrats!

Re:Actually the software was free

[swillden]

hording the source code

How does source code horde?

I have this image of millions of angry lines of code rampaging across the steppings, raping and pillaging peaceful programs, stealing their output and burning their execution platforms.

Oh, right. You meant "hoarding the source code". Sorry, my bad.

Re:Actually the software was free

[mapsjanhere]

Source Code will be a new race in the next WoW expansion of course.

Re:Actually the software was free

[vertinox]

I have this image of millions of angry lines of code rampaging across the steppings, raping and pillaging peaceful programs, stealing their output and burning their execution platforms.

Thats odd. Thats exactly what it says on the Windows ME warranty disclaimer.

Re:Now that they have the money..

[Kidbro]

How is this different from a pantent troll?

It is different from a patent troll in much the same way a football is different from space rocket - by having no properties in common!

Re:Now that they have the money..

[Asmor]

Well, they're both solid shells within which is contained compressed air.

Much like a patent troll.

Re:Actually the software was free

[glwtta]

How does source code horde?

I'm not sure, but we know from experience that it's very difficult to get it to hurd.

Re:Now that they have the money..

[syousef]

It is different from a patent troll in much the same way a football is different from space rocket - by having no properties in common!

Now I object to that. It simply isn't true. They have lots in common

The rocket is made of matter, and the football team is made of matter.
The rocket has no brains and neither does the football team.
The rocket overcomes the enemy (gravity) by means of brute force and so does the football team.
The rocket going up may generate interest among females, and unlike the typical slashdotter so will the football team.
The rocket is dangerous and must be treated with respect to avoid injury. Likewise the football team.
The rocket will launch you into the straosphere, and so will the football team if you're not careful.