Re:Google's disappearing Android GPL compliance opportunity
by shareme on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @10:00AM
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Unfortunately, the author of said article fails to understand the differences pertaining to FOSS licensing when we consider and compare items in the user space and the kenel space. And that gets more complicated when you add the RTOS dependency and its modules to the mix.
Its a shame, the author could have chosen to educate rather than hyperbole which would have made afar greater impression on those groups the author wants to change the minds of..
Re:Google's disappearing Android GPL compliance opportunity
by hugoroy on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @11:00AM
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Do you understand you're totally off-topic? Distributors of Android also distribute the Linux Kernel, which is GPL. So they must comply with the GPL parts. That's it.
Its a shame, the author could have chosen to educate rather than hyperbole which would have made afar greater impression on those groups the author wants to change the minds of..