Streamlining the compliance process

Posted May 7, 2017 18:09 UTC (Sun) by aggelos (subscriber, #41752)
In reply to: Streamlining the compliance process by jra
Parent article: The rise of copyright trolls

people don't ship samba in embedded devices?
Oh that's just wrong.

Notice the question mark. I was simply pointing out how odd it is that a book called "Practical GPL Compliance" which

is designed for engineers shipping products with GPL-licensed software included (e.g., consumer electronics, drones, IoT devices)

acts as if GPLv3 does not exist (other than a nod) or is not relevant to their target audience.

Personally, I'm also missing the tiniest bit of explanation for copyleft as a concept or motivation to comply with it. I.e. something to the effect of "the GPL is not just a nuisance, it is also beneficial to your organization because [...]". This is something I expect to find in texts which describe to engineers how to take care of a non-engineering task that is probably low in their priority list. Opinions (and intentions) might differ, of course.