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Re:We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0 by jra_samba on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:59AM (#25355793)
Ted, you have to remember why Chromebooks have a way of turning off signed boot. It's actually to comply with GPLv3 requirements for the GPLv3 code used in ChromeOS.

Google takes licensing seriously (as both know you and I know :-).

No idea why we do the same for Android phones though. No GPLv3 in there :-).

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Re:We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0 by kmeisthax on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @01:38AM (#25355966)
Google could have stripped GPLv3 code out of ChromeOS like they did with Android. The reason why they provide owner overrides is entirely a matter of corporate culture.
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Re:We Love GPLv3, but Are Switching License to Apache 2.0 by jra_samba on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @01:09PM (#25361593)
Yes, this is true. Google corporate culture is one of the big reasons I work here. There are few places that take Open Source as seriously as Google does.
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