<s>
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
v	I-Application
.	I-Application
Cisco	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
was	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
(	O
FSF	O
)	O
against	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
on	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
Southern	O
District	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSF	O
claimed	O
that	O
various	O
products	O
sold	O
by	O
Cisco	O
under	O
the	O
Linksys	O
brand	O
had	O
violated	O
the	O
licensing	O
terms	O
of	O
many	O
programs	O
on	O
which	O
FSF	O
held	O
copyright	O
,	O
including	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
GNU	B-Application
Binutils	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
GNU	B-Language
C	I-Language
Library	I-Language
.	I-Language
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
programs	O
were	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foundation	O
asked	O
the	O
court	O
to	O
enjoin	O
Cisco	O
from	O
further	O
distributing	O
Linksys	O
firmware	B-Application
that	O
contains	O
FSF	O
copyrighted	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
asked	O
for	O
all	O
profits	O
that	O
Cisco	O
received	O
"	O
from	O
its	O
unlawful	O
acts.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSF	O
contended	O
that	O
code	O
to	O
which	O
it	O
held	O
the	O
copyright	O
was	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Linksys	O
models	O
EFG120	O
,	O
EFG250	O
,	O
NAS200	B-Application
,	O
SPA400	O
,	O
WAG300N	B-Application
,	O
WAP4400N	O
,	O
WIP300	O
,	O
WMA11B	O
,	O
WRT54GL	O
,	O
WRV200	O
,	O
WRV54G	B-Application
,	O
and	O
WVC54GC	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
QuickVPN	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
connect	O
virtual	B-Application
private	I-Application
network	I-Application
(	O
VPN	B-Application
)	O
clients	O
via	O
the	O
RV	O
and	O
WRV	O
series	O
Linksys	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2009	O
the	O
parties	O
announced	O
a	O
settlement	O
that	O
included	O
Cisco	O
appointing	O
a	O
director	O
to	O
ensure	O
Linksys	O
products	O
comply	O
with	O
free-software	B-Application
licenses	O
,	O
and	O
Cisco	O
making	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
financial	O
contribution	O
to	O
the	O
FSF	O
.	O
</s>
