Re: SFLC's GPL court enforcement -- "A telling admission" by Aaron Williamson (AW1337)

[Hyman Rosen]

rjack wrote:
> The S.F.L.C. lawyers are filing repetitive, frivolous,
> cookie-cutter complaints in the S.D.N.Y. where they would
> never meet the requirements for federal jurisdiction.
> Subsequently they voluntarily dismiss the suits prior to
> the court ever reviewing the complaint.

In every case they file, the defendants have been illegally
distributing GPLed software. After each of these cases has
ended, the defendants (or a suitable proxy, in the Verizon/
Actiontec case) are carrying out their obligations under the
GPL. The complaints are repetitive and cookie-cutter because
the violations are repetitive and cookie-cutter.

> The suits are filed merely to intimidate and harass defendants.

These suits are filed to stop defendants from illegally
distributing copyrighted software.