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The device behind the GPL's first U.S. legal test
linuxdevices.com — Moonsoon Multimedia has used embedded Linux to build a consumer DVR (digital video recorder) with remote multimedia file serving capabilities. The Hava -- recently implicated in a GPL violation court case -- aims to let the user access live and recorded TV content from broadband-connected locations.
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- schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2It's interesting that they go for the hardware first. Since that's the case, they truly have a pool of devices in Asia that can be targeted. Let's hope they are careful with that sabre. Don't want to scare developers away...
- ToadLeg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2GPL is for software, not hardware.
- deviceguru, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2but devices aren't just hardware, they're systems, and more and more systems have GPL 'embedded' inside them, so the devicemakers need to learn how to respect the terms of the GPL so they can coexist peacefully and productively
- z0mbie2099, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What the ***** are you talking about?
- ToadLeg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2GPL is for software, not hardware.
- hackmeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The reason they're being sued is that they're reusing the code of BusyBox (licensed as GPLv2) and not providing the sources of the modified code. That's a violation of the license. Apparently there are other companies doing this:
http://busybox.net/shame.html
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