FYI. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raj Mathur <r...@linux-delhi.org> Date: Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM Subject: [ilugd] Fwd: [FSF] FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <il...@lists.linux-delhi.org>
[Good news: Cisco has agreed to comply with the licences of FOSS they use in their Linksys products, and now it should be easier to customise images for your routers -- Raju] ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [FSF] FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009 From: Brett Smith <br...@fsf.org> To: info-pr...@gnu.org, info-...@gnu.org BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, May 20, 2009 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Cisco Systems, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have reached a joint agreement. Under the agreement, the FSF has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against Cisco. Cisco has agreed to appoint a Free Software Director for Linksys, a subsidiary of Cisco, to supervise Linksys' compliance with the requirements of free software licenses such as the GPL (the GNU General Public License). The Free Software Director will report periodically to the FSF regarding Linksys' compliance efforts. Cisco has further agreed to take certain steps to notify previous recipients of Linksys products containing FSF programs of their rights under the GPL and other applicable licenses, to publish a licensing notice on the Linksys website, and to provide additional notices in a separate publication. In addition, Cisco will continue to make the complete and corresponding source code for versions of FSF programs used with current Linksys products freely available on its website. Cisco will also make a monetary contribution to the FSF. The parties recognize Cisco's ongoing obligations under the GPL and other free software licenses. The FSF will continue to independently monitor Linksys' compliance with these licenses, and work with Linksys to resolve any new issues that may arise. "We are glad that Cisco has affirmed its commitment to the free software community by implementing additional measures within its compliance program and dedicating appropriate resources to them, further reassuring the users' freedoms under the GPL," said Peter Brown, Executive Director of the FSF. "Our agreement results in making all of the relevant source code available in the fastest way possible." _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
