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Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit - Resources

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Christoph Hellwig's case against VMware in Germany has concluded. You can - view the relevant announcements and analysis that Conservancy has published - about the case below, starting with the announcement regarding the conclusion - of the case:

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Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al

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On 14 December 2009, Software Freedom Conservancy filed a federal copyright +lawsuit against 14 defendants, including Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, and +JVC. +The docket +of that lawsuit is available (on archive.org) and +the original complaint is on + our website.

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Conservancy settled with each defendant at different times, and the + dismissals can be seen in the docket. Generally speaking, and pursuant to + our Principles of + Community-Oriented GPL enforcement, Conservancy never settles a lawsuit + unless we believe that full compliance has been achieved (or will be + achieved imminently) with the terms of all copyleft licenses + on all software included in the devices at issue in any lawsuit + that we've filed.

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One oft-stated confusion about this litigation was that we sued Best Buy + for sales of third-party devices in their stores. That is not + accurate. Best Buy had a house-brand DVD player under the + “Insignia” “house brand” that they produced as + their own product.

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Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit

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Conservancy partially funded and assisted in coordination of Christoph + Hellwig's lawsuit against VMware in Germany. That case concluded in 2019. + You can view the relevant announcements and analysis that Conservancy has + published about the case below, starting with the announcement regarding + the conclusion of the case: