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Linus Says Android License Claim Is 'Bogus'

Posted by timothy on from the who-is-this-linus-guy-and-what-does-he-know dept.

jbrodkin writes "Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has scoffed at a new claim that Android violates the Linux license. Google's use of the Bionic Library does not result in a derivative work that has to be licensed under GPL, as some lawyers are claiming, Torvalds says. 'It seems totally bogus,' Torvalds said. 'We've always made it very clear that the kernel system call interfaces do not in any way result in a derived work as per the GPL.' While some claims against Android can be dismissed outright, Google and its partners still must fend off patent lawsuits filed by rivals Microsoft and Oracle."

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  1. So I forget by Master+Moose · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Am I praising Google, or hating them today? It seems so hard to keep up with the trends. . .

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    1. Re:So I forget by CrazyDuke · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Stop trying to make the world fit your ego and learn to accept facts as facts.

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    2. Re:So I forget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      How about you just stop fucking caring what they do, like I did long ago. I promise it's healthier.

    3. Re:So I forget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      it's about openness not a company.

      Allowing interfaces to be copyrighted would threaten many efforts to create competing implemetatins, would threaten projects like wine, other similar project, opem or closed

    4. Re:So I forget by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They did nothing wrong here, so there's no reason to hate.

      They do a lot of things right, and definitely deserve praise for those things.

      They do have their downsides, and you should criticize them for those.

      "Love" and "hate" is for fanbois.

    5. Re:So I forget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You take the phrase "go away, or I will replace you with a very small shell script" to a whole new level...

  2. Fud... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, one more FUD refuted. Now Microsoft and Apple shills will have to look for something else.

    Seriously. A lot of media pundits are nothing but paid writers employed by major companies - this is especially true for Microsoft and Apple. Microsoft seems to have been getting better slowly, but Apple is a whole different story.

    *awaits troll moderation*

    1. Re:Fud... by Schuthrax · · Score: 2, Insightful

      While I wouldn't mod you down, I wouldn't mod you insightful. Maybe a bit trollish. I see that MS has a lawsuit going and they are being cagey about it, but has Apple attacked Google about Android? Hm...

      Keep in mind, LINAL (Linus is not a lawyer...)

  3. Oops. My bad. by symbolset · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're right. I missed that. Sorry.

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