Symantec may violate Linux GPL in Norton Core Router | Linux Today

Symantec may violate Linux GPL in Norton Core Router

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Apr 8, 2018

A top Linux security programmer, Matthew Garrett, has discovered Linux in Symantec’s Norton Core Router. It appears Symantec has violated the GPL by not releasing its router’s source code.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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