Android and the GPLv2 death penalty
Android and the GPLv2 death penalty
[Front] Posted Aug 15, 2011 17:38 UTC (Mon) by corbet
Edward Naughton is at it again: he is now claiming that most or all Android vendors have lost their right to distribute the kernel as the result of GPL violations. Naturally Florian Mueller picked it up and amplified it; he is amusingly surprised to learn that there are GPL compliance problems in the Android world. As it happens, there is no immediate prospect of Android vendors being unable to ship their products - at least, not as a result of GPL issues - but there is a point here which is worth keeping in mind.