A marketing angle

Koen Kooi koen at dominion.kabel.utwente.nl
Tue Nov 21 19:02:12 CET 2006


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Ben F-W schreef:
> Stefan Schmidt wrote:

>>> Secondly, what's to stop another manufacturer from taking a GPL'd
>>> product and adapting it to work with their (closed) Linux-based
>>> phone?     
>> Nothing. It's exactly what FIC want.
>>   
> 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).

regards,

Koen
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