[OT] The GPL and possible violations

[Andy Green]

Michael A. Peters wrote:

> Actually it's not - it is the GPL that governs the distribution rights
> to the software (in this case the kernel), not the unwritten intent of
> the developers.

nVidia binary seems to exist on the basis of "unwritten intent of the
developers".

Another guy worth talking to is Harald Welte:

http://gpl-violations.org/

In the Tom Tom case

http://gpl-violations.org/news/20041024-linux-tomtom.html

It seems that a central element was "The source code for the Linux
Operating System Kernel, including TomTom's own modifications, is now
made available at http://www.tomtom.com/gpl."

-Andy
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