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GP2X Linux Handheld Makers Don't Understand GPL

Bjimba writes "Apparently, the developer community is having a lot of trouble convincing the makers of the GP2X Linux handheld to comply with the GPL by releasing source at the same time as binary firmware releases. This link leads to a synopsis of the issue, and yes, it's my own blog, but there's no ads."

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  1. He's right about one thing by Mateito · · Score: 4, Funny

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    You don't have permission to access /2006/01/gp2x-needs-gpl-lesson.html on this server.

    Yep. There "is" no ads at all!

  2. Linus once said by biocute · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never trust someone who writes GPL with a stylized L.

    A more important question is, what can the Open Source community do about it? Legally and Koreanly?

  3. Re:Violated? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well according to the GPL version 4, if you kill companies that violate the GPL, you will spend eternity in heaven with 72 virgins.

    Cynics have said that the virgins are male and it just feels like eternity, but they are probably shills in the service of Microsoft, the Great Satan of software.

    --
    echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
  4. Re:The Solution: by ZachPruckowski · · Score: 4, Funny

    Re-post daily until GP2X concedes.

    But that raises a giant moral issue: "Is duping OK if done for a good reason?" Man, that's deep.

  5. Inflationary trends in virgins by IgnoramusMaximus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I swear there is some kind of virgin devaluation thing going on here, last I heard it was said that there were 7 virgins to be had for perishing in some jihad de jeur. Now its 72. Makes me wonder. Either the quality of the virigins is not what was expected and they are trying to make up for it in quantity, there is waning interest from the would-be jihadis and the ante has to go up (unlikely judging by the news), or the jihadis are being influenced by the Great Satan of the Internet and have concluded after watching some of the moving pictures present there that 7 naughty women is what every godless westerner gets without even having to read the Qur'an. Someone figure this out, it might be of a profound geopolitical significance.