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Re: [LUG] Asus EEPC - naughty naughty!!

 

Simon Waters wrote:
> The author hasn't established (as far as I can tell) that a GPL
> violation is happening.
>
> The author had not contacted them to ask for code, there is nothing in
> the GNU GPL v2 that says that you have to put code on a website for free
> download, just that you have to make it available when it is requested
> by people who you supplied copies to.
>
> The key area is what they do when requested, and in the case of a
> hardware supplier like ASUS there is little incentive to try and keep
> the software proprietary, since improved ASUS support means they sell
> more hardware.
>
>   
Concur.


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