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Why can't a Chinese company clone their product and kill them?
by iso8859-1 6y ago
Why can't a Chinese company clone their product and kill them?
- dodobirdlord 6y agoThey could replace E-Ink in China, and maybe they already have. But China's disregard for IP protections doesn't mean that goods created in China that violate international IP agreements can be exported.
- mieses 6y agoBoox exports to the US and violates GPL.
- yorwba 6y agoHas anyone tried to enforce it against them?
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoMany US companies violate GPL
- pabs3 6y agoIf you are aware of a particular GPL violation, please report it to the project being violated. For the Linux kernel, that would be Software Freedom Conservancy, who recently announced a new strategy for achieving GPL compliance. https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/ https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/ https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-strategy.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-st... https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liberation.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liber... https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/oct/01/new-copyleft-strategy-launched-with-ARDC-grant/ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/oct/01/new-copyleft-stra...
- mywittyname 6y agoThey could easily clone & kill the technology itself. The problem comes from the fact that e-ink is worthless unless it is attached to a device with really strong vendor support. And any vendor worth a damn doesn't want to be the target of a billion dollar lawsuit. So the choice is between an overpriced device from a major player, or a cheap device with next to no support from a no-name vendor.
- purplecats 6y agoI'll take the second, as long as there are no hazards. I think the hacker community could build something usable.