The Linux Foundation in 2020 Helps Serial GPL Violators Such as Microsoft Get Away With It

Guest Editorial Team

2020-08-24 06:57:05 UTC
Modified: 2020-08-24 06:57:05 UTC

Microsoft got caught violating the GPL many times before, even inside the kernel (Linux)

Microsoft loves Linux Foundation

"Linux Foundation lawyers are now literally recommending omitting copyright holders' names and copyright dates from copyright notices in source code. Why would a lawyer recommend something so dumb? This is an obvious attempt to try to hinder GPL enforcement" (this past weekend, page here, the sole post from Steve Winslow)

Steve Winslow

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