Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755726Ab3JHQIZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 12:08:25 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com ([209.85.212.182]:50484 "EHLO mail-wi0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752547Ab3JHQIY convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 12:08:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:08:22 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Transcend's "one of the most cavalier GPL violations in a long time" From: Rogelio Serrano To: "luke.leighton" Cc: 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: 2402 Lines: 53 On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:29 PM, luke.leighton wrote: > 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. > > I dont think the majority of linux kernel developers care about enforcement at all. Its virtually public domain as far as i can see, Linus himself will not run after violators. Any company out there is free to do what they want. > ---------- 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/ -- 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/