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GPL enforcement is a lot of work with expensive lawyers and made harder when you are not the copyright holder. hint: this is why the FSF require copyright assi
by hub_ 15y ago
GPL enforcement is a lot of work with expensive lawyers and made harder when you are not the copyright holder.
hint: this is why the FSF require copyright assignment for their project. But they have barely any on the Linux kernel, the principal matter in the Android source code.
- tonfa 15y agoHarald owns the copyright for significant part of netfilter/iptables. So if they distribute this part of the kernel, he won't have much trouble.
- hub_ 15y agoBut he is mostly alone on it, so he can't deal with every case. Everything would be better if there was no need to do that :-(
- rmc 15y agoSurely if they can find one part of the Linux kernel that the FSF has copyright to, then that opens the floodgates, and the full (legal) weight and force of the FSF can stand behind this? So so long as they have one part, they can fight this.
- mjg59 15y agoThe FSF rarely engage in enforcement action themselves, even on works they hold copyright on. The Linux kernel has probably been more actively enforced than any GNU project, with the possible exception of gcc.