Stockfish: Chess GPLv3 Violation Lawsuit Settles

SFC Named as Trusted Party To Verify Future Corresponding Source

November 28, 2022

Stockfish, a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) chess engine, has announced the settlement of their lawsuit against ChessBase GmbH regarding violations of Stockfish's license, the General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3). Software Freedom Conservancy is excited to announce our role in this historic violation settlement. Specifically, SFC has been named in the settlement agreement as the trusted third-party to analyze and approve any complete “Corresponding Source” releases by ChessBase in the future.

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