-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ben F-W schreef: > Koen Kooi wrote: >> Ben F-W schreef: >> >>> Could you explain this? How would it benefit FIC for a rival >>> manufacturer to take a program developed for the OpenMoko platform and >>> adjust it to work on their own, closed, Linux implementation on their >>> phones? >>> >> That's where the GPL and Harald's lawyers come in. Companies don't >> seem to understand >> licenses, but do seem to get a clue after being sued (d-link for >> example). >> > Okay, I'm still missing something. What is there in the GPL that would > force the rival company to benefit FIC in any way?
They can't created a closed platform as you suggested without getting sued. Unless FIC chooses a sucky license like MIT or BSD for their stuff. regards, Koen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFZMOCMkyGM64RGpERAmAGAJ9/5WanRV3cc7mDYOsrpmSboKWnwQCfeMk9 ESsoXPn7C9LlnQleylfyMpQ= =E2r8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
