On Saturday 02 August 2008 3:21:44 pm Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Daniel Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I wonder is how long it will take till some one gets pissed > > that these various lockdowned devices don't comply with GPL > > > > then we mite see how well GPL stands in a Court of Law > > what makes you think that they are not complying with the GPL? > > Several hardware companies have been sued over Busybox, but all of the > suits seem to have ended in a settlement - favourable to the copyright > holders by all reports.
Being locked out of your own install of Linux sounds like it's the opposite of what GPL is all about, too me it seams like it's been "Tivo-ed" or however you would put it, too bad no one uses GPL3 yet disclamer, I haven't read the GPL
