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)
"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)
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