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GPL Violators On The Prowl

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the neither-rain-nor-snow-nor-hail-nor-packetstorm dept.

ravenII writes "GPL Violations.org are looking after the GPL. Warning letters were personally handed over to companies at their CeBIT booths by Mr. Harald Welte, free software developer and founder of the gpl-violations.org project. It seems big boys like Motorola, Acer, AOpen, Micronet, Buffalo and Trendware seem to violate GPL. Please visit the site for more information on GPL enforcements and violators."

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  1. google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Google has been doing this since they have been selling their packaged search. Kernel modifications and various other patches in their search boxes. It seems like the "OSS" community only wants to see what they want to see.

  2. Re:RTFA by KarmaMB84 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and several where "donations" were extorted from companies for simply not offering the source.