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   [$] Android and the GPLv2 death penalty http://lwn.net/Articles/455013/rss

   about 10 months ago from api
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Linux , Android OS , The GNU General Public License

     I commented briefly (again) on my blog re: #Naughton's new "#Google violates !GPL w/ !Android / !Linux" FUD: http://ur1.ca/4x5g2 *Sigh*

     about 10 months ago
   • U Avalos

     @lwnnet Just asking the obvious here but how the heck do u violate the GPL?

     about 10 months ago
   • Brian Kemp U Avalos

     @ikaruga2099 Publish binaries without source.

     about 10 months ago
   • Brian Kemp Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn This guy isn't going to go away.

     about 10 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Brian Kemp

     @benanov, certainly not while #Microsoft & other anti-Free-Software companies remain on #Naughton's client list, anyway.

     about 10 months ago
   • X11R5 Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn while i am on 4.3 is the best 3 years ago, anyway

     about 10 months ago
   • Ingolf Schaefer Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn Why not just prove the guy wrong with a couple of simple links? E.g. HTC: http://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads

     about 10 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn The GNU General Public License , Ingolf Schaefer

     @ovidius,his argument is a violation occurred & is now resolved & under !GPLv2 §4 they've no distribution rights. It's hard to disprove that

     about 10 months ago
   • Ingolf Schaefer Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn Depends on what precisely the violation is. HTC "waits" about 60 days to release the sources: goo.gl/8fUmN

     about 10 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Linux , Free as in Freedom , Ingolf Schaefer

     @ovidius, yes, I'm familiar with that (remember, #Garrett's talk was part of !FaiFCast ). Question is: will a !Linux developer enforce?

     about 10 months ago
   • U Avalos Brian Kemp

     @benanov OK so what if I want to feed my family and income depends on keeping code a secret, what license can i use? or what business model?

     about 10 months ago
   • Ingolf Schaefer Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn I'd have to confess I never had the time to listen to the "new" FaiF podcast. :-(

     about 10 months ago
   • Jason Self U Avalos

     @ikaruga2099 http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html

     about 10 months ago
   • Brian Kemp U Avalos

     @ikaruga2099 You can use Free Software that doesn't have copy-left provisions, like BSD 2-clause license.

     about 9 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Linux , Google , Android OS , Brian Kemp

     It's possible you've heard some stuff about #Naughton, !Google, !Android & !Linux this week. I urge you to ignore it. http://ur1.ca/5snl8

     about 7 months ago
   • Clacke Moved to Parlementum Linux , Google , Android OS , Bradley M. Kuhn

     Sounds like sound advice any week.

     about 7 months ago
   • diablomarcus Bradley M. Kuhn

     @bkuhn I love that episode.

     about 7 months ago
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Richard Fontana

     @fontana, yeah, but I still am unsure about how to pronounce it properly. Is it just so-FIST-ick or something more complicated?

     about 7 months ago
   • P. J. McDermott Bradley M. Kuhn

     Based on the pronunciation of sophistry (<http://ur1.ca/5sxl6>) and that of -tic words generally, I'd guess sa-FI-stic.

     about 7 months ago
   • Roger Pixley U Avalos

     @ikaruga2009 Why would you publish under an open license then? Just do a normal EULA that says that the user has no rights

     about 7 months ago
   • Brian Kemp Bradley M. Kuhn

     Okay. Are you straightening things out with the violation I reported? :)

     about 6 months ago