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Originally Posted by tompe
The goal of the LGPL is that you should be able to do something about it so if you cannot then the license is not complied with. The same thing with the GPL:ed kernel. You should be able to rebuild it.
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But that's generally not the case true, in a practical sense, with embedded systems, is it? Suppose you find a bug in the Linux kernel in, say, the Sony Reader (which does fully comply with the GPL). Can you re-flash the ROM even if you do fix the bug? Imagine the support nightmare that would result if everyone had their own "customised" version of the firmware!
That's why I'm asking if this has any
practical implication rather than legal ones?