Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754645Ab3ITL3o (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:29:44 -0400 Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com ([209.85.212.54]:65285 "EHLO mail-vb0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754195Ab3ITL3n convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:29:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:29:42 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: Transcend's "one of the most cavalier GPL violations in a long time" From: "luke.leighton" To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1779 Lines: 40 this is a quick message to let people know that evidence has been collected of not just knowingly-infringing copyright but *blatant* copyright infringment [a la "bring it on, fuckers"] by transcend technologies. does anyone have any recommendations as to whom should be contacted in order to pursue a copyright violation case against transcend? as a minor linux kernel source copyright holder they could easily and simply remove the source code contributions i have made, but i would still like to pursue them for copyright infringment. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: luke.leighton Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:25 PM Subject: Re: Transcend's "one of the most cavalier GPL violations in a long time" To: Fernando Cassia Cc: legal On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Sorry if this has been already discussed on this list... > > http://hackaday.com/2013/09/19/advanced-transcend-wifi-sd-hacking-custom-kernels-x-and-firefox/ > > "After all this was done, [Dmitry] finally got a response back from > one of Transcend’s support engineers. They are “Uninterested” in > complying with GPL, and he is “free to report this to any Linux > organization” Ouch! That’s one of the most cavalier GPL violations > we’ve seen in a long time." not only that but it would provide the courts with clear evidence of blatant copyright infringment. the penalties for such are extremely high. l. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/