Monsoon Multimedia tries to avert GPL legal showdown
Consumer electronics maker Monsoon Multimedia said Monday it intends to comply with the terms of the General Public License version 2--used in Linux and countless other open-source programs--to try to settle a lawsuit filed last week.
The Software Freedom Law Center, which provides legal services to free and open-source software programmers, announced on Thursday a suit against Monsoon Multimedia. The lawsuit claims that Monsoon violates the terms of the GPL because it does not make the source code used in its Internet video device available.
Specifically, the company includes software from BusyBox in its product. BusyBox is a set of … Read more