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SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopersSFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopersPosted Jun 10, 2008 21:02 UTC (Tue) by trasz (guest, #45786)Parent article: SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBox Developers
Another reason for embedded system vendors to choose BSD next time. ;-)
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SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 10, 2008 21:46 UTC (Tue) by leoc (subscriber, #39773) [Link] And then when they get yelled at for not coughing up for that 'free' software they can choose the public domain license. 8>
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 15, 2008 21:56 UTC (Sun) by trasz (guest, #45786) [Link] The difference here is between being annoyed at someone, and threatening that someone with a lawsuit. Embedded system vendor can ignore Theo, but cannot ignore GPL folks' lawsuit.
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 10, 2008 22:56 UTC (Tue) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link] Or to just follow the license of the software they use.
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 10, 2008 23:54 UTC (Tue) by clump (subscriber, #27801) [Link] Or to just follow the license of the software they use.I couldn't agree more. It never ceases to amaze me how often people find excuses for not following the terms of licenses. The requirements of the GPL in particular are a pittance compared to the value it provides.
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 11, 2008 0:36 UTC (Wed) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link] Well, the whole BSD vs GPL flamewar is utterly stupid, and I'm convinced that some people engage in it just out of spite (Theo), or to have something to fight about (also Theo).
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 11, 2008 0:09 UTC (Wed) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link] It's possible to disobey the terms of almost any license. Traditionally what this sort of company does with BSD or MIT licensed software is they include it in a product, but file off all the copyright notices replacing them with their own. And then when they're asked if they're using BSD code, they reply "No". Also they ignore any future security fixes, and they add just enough proprietary bits to ensure that the original BSD code is no substitute, so their customers can't just switch to that. This apparently makes BSD developers a bit upset. Even people who've supposedly dedicated their work to the public domain often don't seem too happy to see it re-published, for profit, with their name stripped from it and someone else's included.
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 11, 2008 12:54 UTC (Wed) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402) [Link] And yet they never do. Funny, that.
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 11, 2008 17:49 UTC (Wed) by vmole (guest, #111) [Link] Well, if you're going to ignore the license anyway, it doesn't really matter which one you ignore, does it?
SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBoxDevelopers Posted Jun 11, 2008 22:32 UTC (Wed) by DRBaldock (subscriber, #30881) [Link] Some developers/companies may be more likely to file a lawsuit than others. ;-)
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