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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by grizzles on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @12:25AM (#13649937)
You can release code and still violate the GPL in other ways. For example, there are binary blobs out there and the GPL is pretty unequivocal on this point: "The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it."
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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by simonh on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:32AM (#13651001)
It depends whether the binary blob is a derived work or not.

http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/gpl_modules.html

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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by matthewmacleod on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:38AM (#13650586)
Releasing binary blobs is definitionally not releasing the source, though.
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