On 06/11/2015 07:26 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > Not at all. You have a good point there are definitely legal situations > other than relicensing which are problematic. > > Lets say Apple decides that are going to take the Linux Kernel and > alter it extensively, in order for it to work with a new hardware platform > that they created. And lets say don't return the code base to the public. > Now who is going to protect the license and sue them? You have literaly > thousands of partiticpants who have standing now in this case. That means a thousand possible plaintiffs. s/Apple/VMware/ and you get this: http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/ A number of GPL enforcement projects involving the Linux kernel have resulted in GPL compliance already. -- All rights reversed. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
