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FSF Statement on Violation of GPL by RTLinux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the interesting-stuff dept.

bkuhn writes "The FSF has issued an official statement on the GPL violation by RTLinux." nothign surprising here, basically they say that RTLinux is violating the GPL by not releasing the source to their Linux kernel mods, but since the FSF isn't the copyright holder, they can't do much about it. Now it's up to RTLinux to decide if they are gonna do the right thing or not.Update: 09/16 00:48 AM GMT by H : Please check out these comments for more information - it's not a source code violation, but a patent issue.

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  1. opposition to patents stifles innovation by tim_maroney · · Score: 2, Troll

    Here is a significant innovation which was created in hopes that it would be protectable and thus profitable. That is the traditional rationale for patents: by allowing intellectual property to be protected for a limited period, they create an incentive for innovation.

    Now we see that the GPL's anti-patent stance appears to be trying to stifle this innovation unless the inventor consents to its terms, which would deprive the inventor of profit.

    A clearer example of the anti-innovative tendency of the free software movement could not be imagined.

    Tim