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FOSS license compliance in the consumer electronics marketFOSS license compliance in the consumer electronics marketPosted Sep 19, 2009 0:35 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)Parent article: FOSS license compliance in the consumer electronics market
Licenses aren't something to be complied with. Copyright law is what is to be complied with. In the case of a public license, there's also a matter of complying with the conditions of the license, which is one way to get a copyright license and thereby comply with copyright law.
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That's splitting the hair Posted Sep 21, 2009 1:43 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] In most cases difference is irrelevant: either there are too many copyright holders as to make the search impractical or there are just one - dedicated to make sure there will be no choice other ther compliance. This is prehistory which is unchangeable (SCO tried): first you must bring up to the court license (or else you have no right to distribute anything at all) and then you must comply to the terms.
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