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Dell Releases Streak Source Code

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the streaking-through-the-build dept.

RandyDownes writes "Members of the developer community called Dell out for not releasing the complete source code for the Android-powered slate, thus violating the GPL. Dell has since complied and released the total custom Android 1.6 ROM to the public. Maybe now someone can get the minitablet/smartphone to run Froyo without breaking everything."

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  1. Re:Because of a lawsuit from the FSF by gman003 · · Score: 0, Troll

    That just gave me an evil idea. We can't tell that companies like Microsoft aren't using GPL code in their products. Therefore (and I'm using MAFIAA logic here), we should be able to sue them, or at least get some raids done, based on the fact that they have not proven themselves innocent.

    Of course, they will promptly show the code to a judge, and prove that they aren't violating the GPL. But, after enough of this, they'll come to realize that the best defense against that would be to release their code. And then we've won.

    Sure, these tactics would be unethical, even evil. Maybe even illegal. But it's worth a thought, if only for the irony of defeating closed-source using techniques from those even more evil.