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SFLC Sues 14 Companies For BusyBox GPL Violations

Posted by Soulskill on from the fourteen-birds-with-one-stone dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a lawsuit accusing fourteen companies, including Best Buy, Samsung and Westinghouse, of violating the GPL in nearly 20 separate products. This is similar to earlier BusyBox GPL suits. The commercial uses of BusyBox must be much more prolific than anyone could have imagined. Having dealt with hundreds of compliance problems and finding an average of one violation per day, the SFLC recommends one thing: be responsive to their requests (they try to settle things in private first) lest you find one of these (PDF) in your inbox."

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  1. I can hear upper management screaming now by macbeth66 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unfortunately, this may be the kind of thing that makes upper management kill OSS in the shop. Who wants to risk a lawsuit? Forget that they have nothing to do with each other.

  2. Rule of the long tail. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If it's free, it's either crap or its a legal mine field. This is why my company is 100% OSS-free and always will be so long as I am CTO.

  3. How to fix the situation: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't buy products made in China.

  4. Re:Not such a great idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, they just forbid successful commercialization.

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