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Yeah, the entire security posture of Android would be massively different if Linux could have been relicensed away from GPL 2.0 to a license that says "you have
by jrockway 3y ago
Yeah, the entire security posture of Android would be massively different if Linux could have been relicensed away from GPL 2.0 to a license that says "you have to give users a way to compile your code and install it". Now the community can fix old phones without security updates.
- mindslight 3y agoGPL2 already has this: > For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. My amateur understanding is that the major kernel copyright holders are essentially comfortable with Tivoization and aren't looking to rock the boat with a lawsuit.