Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by tinco on Friday February 26, 2016 @10:39AM
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I am not really up to date on this case. Why is Christian sueing for just the copyright infringement of his contributions? It sounds like this 'fading' concept might really put a stop to this whole trial. Wouldn't it be possible for Christian to represent more Linux developers so their collective work sits comfortably above 1% of Linux?
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Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by tkinom on Friday February 26, 2016 @12:22PM
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His lawyer should probably make it a class action - represent the "Linux Kernel Developers" class. That probably cover 100% of the code.
Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by jo909 on Friday February 26, 2016 @02:21PM
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There is no class action in german law. Everybody has to sue on their own (with very few exceptions), but of course there is no point in having (and funding) multiple identical cases unless this case gets dismissed for a technicality like the fading issue.
Re:Report from the VMware GPL court hearing
by germanier on Friday February 26, 2016 @02:45PM
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Just to add: If similar lawsuits are anticipated or the question is seen as important courts usually give they opinion on what criteria to use to judge other cases. So even if this one is lost due to technicalities we will likely learn more about this legal question.