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Linux Kernel Patch Maker Says Court Case Was Only Way Out

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday February 16 2020, @02:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-way-out dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.itwire.com/open-source/linux-kernel-patch-maker-says-court-case-was-only-way-out.html

The head of security firm Open Source Security, Brad Spengler, says he had little option but to file a lawsuit against open source advocate Bruce Perens, who alleged back in 2017 that security patches issued for the Linux kernel by OSS violated the licence under which the kernel is distributed.

The case ended last week with Perens coming out on the right side of things; after some back and forth, a court doubled down on its earlier decision that OSS must pay Perens' legal costs as awarded in June 2018.

The remainder of the article is an interview with Brad Spengler about the case and the issue.

iTWire contacted Spengler soon after the case ended, as he had promised to speak at length about the issue once all legal issues were done and dusted. Queries submitted by iTWire along with Spengler's answers in full are given below:

Previously:
Court Orders Payment of $259,900.50 to Bruce Perens' Attorneys

Original Submission

 
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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Sunday February 16 2020, @03:02PM (4 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Sunday February 16 2020, @03:02PM (#958801) Journal
    Tactically, you prefer to be the one defending. If someone has a problem, are they willing to go to the expense of suing? If not, you just ignore them. That eventually counts as a win because observers say "so why don't you sue?" Of course, if you can prove the other party is in the wrong and that they have resources to pay an award, then it's just a question of what do YOU want to do?

    In this case, though, who really gives a shit? Nerd fight is nerd fight.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 16 2020, @03:47PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 16 2020, @03:47PM (#958812)

    Proving my point every single day. [soylentnews.org]

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    Good on you!

    • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by barbara hudson on Sunday February 16 2020, @04:18PM (2 children)

      by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Sunday February 16 2020, @04:18PM (#958820) Journal

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