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Some time ago there was a story about how BMW sent a DVD to a guy who asked for the GPL software in his i3 (BMW's electric car)[1]. It was also discussed on HN

Some time ago there was a story about how BMW sent a DVD to a guy who asked for the GPL software in his i3 (BMW's electric car)[1]. It was also discussed on HN [2]. [1] https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2016/03/bmw-are-complying-with-the-gpl/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2016/03/bmw-are-complying-with-the-... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11384968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11384968

ossguy 7y ago
It looks like BMW is not in compliance. As far as I can tell, no one has done a complete corresponding source (CCS) check on that code like we did for Tesla: https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/ccs-review/2018-May/000000.html https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/ccs-review/2018-Ma... A brief look at the code BMW provided suggests they haven't provided any information on how to build or install the code, both of which are required by the GPL. If you do find or receive source code from other car manufacturers, please try to build it before concluding that they are compliant. If you have trouble, please report this issue to us at https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/#reporting https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/#reporting and we'll do our best to help.