On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, kevin lyda wrote:
> instance bsd people have claimed in the past that the gpl doesn't work
> for embedded applications. er... tivo, empeg, the linux embedded
> consortium, and i think some japanese company set up a linux system in a
I've often wondered about this. When you buy, for instance, an MPEG car,
do you get source code - I'd hazard a guess that you don't. I once saw an
interview where someone asked one of these people about source
availability and there was serious humming and hawing. My take on it is
that these people are basically ignoring the GPL when it suits them and
no-one has called them on it.
Regards,
Niall O Broin
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