Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 16:03 UTC (Wed) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)
In reply to: Clarification on a few points by masoncl
Parent article: Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

> Busybox represents an unknown...just because the cases so far have gone a certain way doesn't mean they always will.
Sure, the busybox copyright holders might make you jump through all kinds of hoops if you violate their copyright. Well, don't do that then!

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Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 21:30 UTC (Wed) by bronson (guest, #4806) [Link] (2 responses)

Thanks for that insight on a complex subject.

I guess a similar approach to software quality would be, "just don't write bugs."

Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 1, 2012 21:42 UTC (Wed) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link] (1 responses)

How is this a "complex subject"? It's really not that hard to ship a leaflet that explains the customer's rights with the product and put a tarball on an ftp server. All I keep hearing is lame excuses.

Clarification on a few points

Posted Feb 2, 2012 23:13 UTC (Thu) by bronson (guest, #4806) [Link]

Have you negotiated with suppliers? Tried to evaluate their complex and hacky toolchains and whether your project should rely on them? It can get nightmarish even without worrying about GPL compliance.