> -----Original Message----- > From: Bjørn Mork [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2015 8:40 AM > To: Jeff Haran > Cc: Rik van Riel; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Kernel contributions from organisations and individual privacy > > Jeff Haran <[email protected]> writes: > > > What is the downside to a large company for violating GPL? > > Losing all rights to the software in question forever is probably the largest > downside. If we talk about the Linux kernel (as I assume we do in this forum) > then I have a hard time believing any company can survive that.
Has this ever actually happened? Specifically has a company that violated Linux's GPL ever been sued over the violation, lost the case and as a result lost the ability to use the Linux kernel forever? Thanks, Jeff Haran _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
