Submission + - Court Orders Open Source Security / Bradley Spengler To Pay $259,900.50 (theregister.co.uk)
Right to Opine writes: The court in Open Source Security Inc. and Bradley Spengler vs. Bruce Perens has ordered plaintiff Spengler and his company to pay for Perens' defense. The order requires Spengler and his company to pay $259,900.50, with the bill due immediately rather than allowing a wait for the appeal of the case. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's attorneys will represent Perens during OSS/Spengler's appeal of the case. Perens was sued for comments on his blog and here on Slashdot that suggested that OSS's Grsecurity product could be in violation of the GPL license on the Linux kernel. The court had previously ruled that Perens' statements were not defamatory, because they were statements by a non-attorney regarding an undecided issue in law.
It is possible that Spengler is personally liable for any damages his small company can not pay, since he joined the case as an individual in order to preserve a claim of false light (which could not be brought by his company), removing his own corporate protection.
It is possible that Spengler is personally liable for any damages his small company can not pay, since he joined the case as an individual in order to preserve a claim of false light (which could not be brought by his company), removing his own corporate protection.
