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Huawei has 4G routers with Linux busybox and everything, and a "Written offer GPL" but, when requested, they dont give a shit about it really. Ive had more pro
by antocv 13y ago
Huawei has 4G routers with Linux busybox and everything, and a "Written offer GPL" but, when requested, they dont give a shit about it really.
Ive had more products break GPL than Ive broken copyright before I learned Linux when I was pirating windows software.
Just not much to do really, its only the copyright holder that can actually push for enforcmenet of copyright, and me as a user am pretty much screwed.
- bkuhn 13y agoTo paraphrase the Lorax: "I am the GPL enforcer, I speak for the users". While you're correct that the copyleft is based on copyright, and thus the primary cause of action for a violation must be done by the copyright holder, I've done a tremendous amount of work to build a large coalition of projects and copyright holders so we can pursue GPL violations. I bet I'm aware of every GPL violation you've seen, but please do email compliance@sfconservancy.org about any GPL violations on Linux, BusyBox, Mercurial, Samba or Wine that you know about, and we'll do what we can to resolve them. The biggest issue I face in doing GPL enforcement is lack of resources. I know it's a broken record of a not-for-profit organization, but if you want to help with enforcement, please donate: https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/ https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/