Serious GPL violations

[zero0w]

This is a sad news for open source: another case of stealing others' work, claim it as ones own WITHOUT mentioning the original authors nor releasing the modified code in compliance with the GPL license.

1. XVID
http://www.xvid.org/



Various news related to the issue:
2. Newsforge- XVID leader: Despite code release, Sigma GPL problem still isn't resolved
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/08...3.shtml?tid=41

3. Slashdot - Sigma Designs Accused of Copyright Infringement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/193237

4. DivX backs XVID (Check out the first paragraph of the updated homepage)
http://www.divx.com/

Corporation such as Sigma Designs should stop ripping off of others' hard work nor claiming it as their own credits. Not to mention violating the GPL license is illegal.

[blizz]

it's pretty fucked up, XVID was becoming very nice, and some fansubbers were moving to it, they're also trying out that new ogg format too though