> > I think the main issue here is how someone can possibly use a chipset where > the software comes with GPL violations in a product and sell this product > worldwide. > > I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that the copyright holder can > file a law suite against whoever sold the product if source code and friends > are not given out. Usually this leads to dishing out the sources, but if not > the copyright holder can disallow certain companies/people to use the > software. Also (depending on the country the products are being sold) it can > be disallowed to further sell products until the dispute is settled. This > would certainly hurt Allwinner and device vendors. > > Till Jaeger (cc'ed here) is a lawyer and an expert with respect to GPL > violations. He can for sure further enlighten us.
I don't know the concrete context. Therefore, I can only provide some general remarks. It is true that the copyright holder of a (L)GPL software can enforce the (L)GPL against any company who is distributing a product without being compliant with the (L)GPL. Enforcing means that the copyright holder may claim that the infringer has to cease and desist from distributing the infringing product as long as the license conditions are not met. Best regards, Till -- Dr. Till Jaeger Certified Copyright and Media Law Attorney JBB Rechtsanwälte Jaschinski Biere Brexl Partnerschaft mbB Christinenstraße 18/19 | 10119 Berlin Tel. +49.30.443 765 0 | Fax +49.30.443 765 22 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin | Registergericht AG Charlottenburg | PR 609 B www.jbb.de -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
