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Software Freedom Law Center Sues Verizon For Infringement Over BusyBox In FiOS

December 8, 2007

Information Week's Charles Babcock reports  that Friday, The Software Freedom Law Center sued Verizon for what the SFLC believes is a violation of its General Public License.

The allegedly infringing technology is an open source, GPL 2.0 code tool and utility set known as BusyBox. BusyBox is contained in FiOS, which is Verizon's fiber-optic Internet and tv service.

For its FiOS customers, Verizon provides an Actiontec MI424WR wireless router to manage customer Internet traffic. But that doesn't seem to be sitting well with the SFLC.

 "This router contains BusyBox, and under the terms of the GPL, Verizon is obligated to provide the source code of BusyBox to recipients of the device," the SFLC said in a statement. "Verizon has been contacted by the Software Freedom Law Center but "continues to distribute BusyBox illegally without source code," the statement said. 

"Because Verizon chose not to respond to our concerns, we had no choice but to file a lawsuit to ensure that they comply with the GPL," added SFLC legal director Dan Ravicher in the same statement.

There was no immediate response from Verizon.

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