MPAA is Take down recip. Warning: Irony Overload potential and potential angst trigger for some-

[Luke -Jr]

On Tuesday 04 December 2007, Jon Pruente wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2007 1:25 PM, David Nicol <davidnicol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i am wondering what aspects of the toolkit in question were
> > derivatives of Xubuntu
> > as such.  Maybe they used GNU readline in their CLI.
>
> From what I read about it, it was an entire Xubuntu -based CD ISO with
> specific changes to ntop and other packages.  There is evidence that
> they did change the code for some other stuff, and refused repeated
> requests via phone and email to make that code available and also may
> not have included a copy of the GPL but merely posted info that some
> of the software was licensed under it.  The result: a DMCA take down
> notice to their ISP.    Man, when someone tries to get through and get
> the issue resloved and the people who work for the org can't even
> figure out who to send you to talk to, that's a train wreck.

Yeah, it's a full LiveCD. Technically, even if they DON'T modify any GPL 
software and just use premade binaries, they still are required to 
distribute/offer the code for it.