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Clarification on Android, its (Lack of) Copyleft-ness, and GPL Enforcement

May 22, 2011, 21:07 (4 Talkback[s])

"Mixed in with Naughton's constant confusions about what the GPL and LGPL actually requires, he does have a possible valid point lurking: there are a few components in Android/Linux that are under copyleft licenses, namely Linux (GPL) and Webkit (LGPL). Yet, in all of Naughton's screeching about this issue, I haven't seen any clear GPL or LGPL violation reports â€" all I see is speculation about what may or may not be a violation without any actual facts presented."

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