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Lawyer Continues Android v. GPL Crusade

Posted by timothy on from the pound-on-the-table dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Edward Naughton has been insisting for months that Android violates the GPL because Google created a new set of Linux kernel headers that it hasn't released the source code for, despite the fact that it incorporates open source code. While numerous commentators, including those who helped write the kernel headers, claimed this code isn't copyrightable, Naughton in persisting in his crusade, saying that the questions need to be resolved in court for the good of the open source movement."

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  1. ...unless he has a patch in there by tepples · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Only the copyright holders have legal standing - and they've already said its all good.

    Have all of them said it's all good? Linux doesn't use copyright assignments, and I was under the impression that Edward Naughton might represent someone who has had at least one patch accepted.

  2. Re:Tilting at windmills? by servies · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Which rulings concerning copyright in Oracle vs Google? To my knowledge there has not been a ruling yet concerning this subject and I don't recall seeing one on groklaw.