More GPL enforcement work again.. and a very surreal but important case

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2010

“In recent days and weeks, I’m doing a bit more work on the
gpl-violations.org project than during the last months and years. I
wouldn’t say that I’m happy about that, but well, somebody has to
do it :/

“Right now I’m facing what I’d consider the most outrageous case
that I’ve been involved so far: A manufacturer of Linux-based
embedded devices (no, I will not name the company) really has the
guts to go in front of court and sue another company for modifying
the firmware on those devices. More specifically, the only
modifications to program code are on the GPL licensed parts of the
software”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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