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I'm bad at open source licenses, but wouldn't they need to make modifications to the Linux they're running on to be required to distribute their source?
by chucksmash 7y ago
I'm bad at open source licenses, but wouldn't they need to make modifications to the Linux they're running on to be required to distribute their source?
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoNo, the whole binary this code was compiled into needs to be GPL licensed in its entirety.
- dmm 7y agoBecause they are distributing GPL'd software they also have to at least offer the exact source they used. If they are using an unmodified kernel, giving users a link to a git tag would satisfy this. In practice, every embedded use of Linux I've seen has included at least some modifications.