A marketing angle

[Koen Kooi]

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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
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