Re:Android and the GPLv2 death penalty
by sixtofour on Monday August 22, 2011 @02:26PM
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"In the end, the code gets removed and rewritten."
Undoubtedly true, but what about deployed/sold devices? I wasn't real impressed at the pace of the update getting to my Epic, which I believe was caused in part by different motivations between Samsung and Sprint. What about devices that are no longer supported by updates? They're "out there."
Re:Android and the GPLv2 death penalty
by jrockway on Monday August 22, 2011 @03:17PM
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I guess they get an emergency patch or Samsung pays damages. Just like they already do for the eight billion patents various trolls claim their phones infringe on.
Undoubtedly true, but what about deployed/sold devices? I wasn't real impressed at the pace of the update getting to my Epic, which I believe was caused in part by different motivations between Samsung and Sprint. What about devices that are no longer supported by updates? They're "out there."