Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights

Posted Jul 5, 2021 20:19 UTC (Mon) by mtaht (subscriber, #11087)
In reply to: Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights by bkuhn
Parent article: Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights

Nearly every security cam sold is based on linux. Most phone home to china. No gpl drop.

Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights

Posted Jul 6, 2021 8:21 UTC (Tue) by geert (subscriber, #98403) [Link] (3 responses)

<evil grin>
So can we convince customs to confiscate them when entering the country, like they do with counterfeit goods?
</evil grin>

Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights

Posted Jul 7, 2021 2:10 UTC (Wed) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link] (2 responses)

Matthew Garret did that some time ago, based on a suggestion from Don Marti:

https://mjg59.livejournal.com/126865.html?nojs=1
https://mjg59.livejournal.com/124426.html?nojs=1
https://lwn.net/Articles/404450/
https://lwn.net/Articles/397411/

Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights

Posted Jul 7, 2021 11:28 UTC (Wed) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link] (1 responses)

I'd forgotten all about that - was there a followup on how it went?

Kuhn: It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights

Posted Jul 8, 2021 0:28 UTC (Thu) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

I clicked next a bunch of times and found these:

https://mjg59.livejournal.com/129815.html?nojs=1
https://mjg59.livejournal.com/130174.html?nojs=1
https://mjg59.livejournal.com/130815.html?nojs=1
https://mjg59.livejournal.com/132810.html?nojs=1

It seems it worked out in the end, from the last link: "so while things may have taken a little longer than I'd have liked I think everything has worked out for the best".