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Doesn't give them anything. Even adds some risks that people sue them for copyright infringement. E.g. from using GPL projects.
by kvark 5y ago
Doesn't give them anything. Even adds some risks that people sue them for copyright infringement. E.g. from using GPL projects.
- grishka 5y ago> E.g. from using GPL projects. Interesting — I just checked the standalone flash player I still have (and use sometimes), the "about" window doesn't list any free software. So either they aren't using any, or... But I find it unlikely that a company with this many lawyers would not read every letter of the license of every library they include in any of their projects.
- georgemcbay 5y agoI've worked with the Flash Player source code in the far off past (I worked for a company called Chumby which licensed Adobe's Flash Player to power apps running in a device similar to the modern Amazon Dash Look) and while you would see things in that codebase that make your head spin, improper use of GPL libraries was not one of them.