Fortinet (UK) Ltd. Reaches Amicable Settlement Agreement with gpl-violations.org Project

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and MUNICH, , April 25, 2005 - Fortinet (UK) Ltd., and Mr. Harald Welte, founder of the gpl-violations.org project (http://gpl-violations.org/), today announced the successful conclusion and agreement concerning the GNU General Public License (GPL), a license commonly used with Free and Open Source Software, such as the Linux Operating System Kernel. This includes the modification of Fortinet's End User Licensing Agreement, inclusion of the GPL licensing terms with all Fortinet shipments, and making available the full corresponding source code of all GPL licensed software upon request for the cost of distribution. In addition, the settlement agreement states that all Fortinet partners are not subject to any legal action.

The source for the Linux Operating System Kernel and other GPL licensed components, including Fortinet's modifications, is available upon written request at the cost of CD copying and distribution. Additionally, Fortinet and its partners are providing written copies of the GPL license terms with all Fortinet product shipments.

About the gpl-violations.org project The gpl-violations.org project is a volunteer-based effort to make corporate distributors of GPL-licensed Free Software aware of the licensing issues involved with GPL-licensed software. For any reported case of GPL license violations, it will try to locate the respective copyright holders and inform them about possible actions to bring their products into license compliance. gpl-violations.org is founded and run by Harald Welte, a long-term contributor and developer of GPL-licensed software.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the confirmed leader of Unified Threat Management market. The company's award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2004 Security Product of the Year Award from Network Computing Magazine and the 2003 Networking Industry Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from e-mail and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance. FortiGate systems are the only security products that are quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus, firewall, IPSec, NIDS), and deliver a full range of network-level and application-level services in integrated, easily managed platforms. Named to the Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies, Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.