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>But for organizations not shipping Linux binaries the license doesn't change much. hmmm.. Android, Chromebook, Smart TV's, Routers, set-top boxes, NAS etc, th
by gribbly 10y ago
>But for organizations not shipping Linux binaries the license doesn't change much.
hmmm.. Android, Chromebook, Smart TV's, Routers, set-top boxes, NAS etc, these all ship Linux binaries, so I don't think it's a big issue.
If you do kernel space modifications which you want to keep as a 'competitive advantage', then going with something like FreeBSD instead of Linux would make perfect sense, otherwise I don't see why the license would matter much.
- bluGill 10y agoIt is the pain of complying with the license. You have to ensure you have everything in place just in case someone asks for the source code. It isn't hard, but it is effort that nobody wants to do yet you have to. It isn't good enough to say "we use version 1.2.3 unmodified download that from the internet", you actually have to have a copy of version 1.2.3 ready to send out (apparently in case the internet deletes all versions of source code 1.2.3).