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BusyBox settles another lawsuit

BusyBox settles another lawsuit

Posted Mar 6, 2008 19:57 UTC (Thu) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455)
In reply to: BusyBox settles another lawsuit by macson_g
Parent article: BusyBox settles another lawsuit

A somewhat common GPL complaint, but hardly a BusyBox complaint.


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You don't need to offer the software online.

Posted Mar 6, 2008 21:23 UTC (Thu) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]

You could probably just print a blurb in the back of the manual citing the GPL software you use, and say "send $1 and a CD-ROM sized SASE for source". Just using GPL software on a device doesn't mean you have to be in the downloads business.

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