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Enforcement of the GNU GPL in Germany and EuropeKeywords: Free Software , Open Source Software , GNU GPL , enforcement , out of court proceedings , license violation , damages Abstract: GPL enforcement is successful in Europe. In several court decisions and out of court settlements the license conditions of the GPL have been successfully enforced. In particular, embedded systems are the main focus of such compliance activities. The article describes the practice of enforcement activities and the legal prerequisites under the application of German law.
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