Lawyer Continues Android v. GPL Crusade

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 10, 2011 @06:38AM 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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Re:No legal standing by SharkLaser · 2011-11-10 06:41 · Score: 0, Troll

Yes, in legal sense noone but the copyright holders can sue Google for infringing their GPL code. But is that the correct thing to do? So we should just ignore Google's blatant violation of GPL?
Re:No legal standing by SharkLaser · 2011-11-10 07:20 · Score: 0, Troll

And can't you see what is the problem with this? I have no time or money to go fight against Google in the US. To begin with, I live in Europe and I have no money for expensive lawyers. So what can I do?