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RE: Why Winternals Sued Best Buy
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:32:47 -0400
Yah, I wouldn't think so. But once lawyers get involved, you never know the strange things that happen! :-) Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Larry Seltzer Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:51 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] Why Winternals Sued Best Buy They have no reason to pull the sysinternals tools. I wouldn't worry Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Blanchard_Michael () emc com Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:36 PM To: fergdawg () netzero net; funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] Why Winternals Sued Best Buy I sure hope that Sysinternals doesn't pull their freeware items now due to this. If they do I'll never EVER visit another BestBuy store. Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:47 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Why Winternals Sued Best Buy Mark Russinovich writes over on the SysInternals Blog: [snip] This post I'm taking a break from my standard technical postings to discuss a disturbing discovery regarding a large corporation's unauthorized software usage. By now many of you have heard via Slashdot, arstechnica, Digg, or your local newspaper that Winternals Software, the company I co-founded with Bryce Cogswell in 1996, filed suit in Federal court against Geek Squad and Best Buy for illegal use of the Administrator's Pak. What the press coverage to date might not have made clear is what Geek Squad and Best Buy did prior to approaching Winternals in October 2005 about a license to our software, what they continued to do after terminating licensing discussions in February 2006, and why we felt we had no alternative but to protect our software through the legal system. This is the first lawsuit Winternals has ever initiated, and we did not approach the decision lightly. [snip] More here: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/04/why-winternals-sued-best-buy.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Why Winternals Sued Best Buy Fergie (Apr 21)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Why Winternals Sued Best Buy Blanchard_Michael (Apr 21)
- RE: Why Winternals Sued Best Buy Larry Seltzer (Apr 21)
- RE: Why Winternals Sued Best Buy Blanchard_Michael (Apr 24)