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charmian · 09-10-2011, 04:05 AM

Are Amazon/Kobo/B&N/Sony really in violation of the GPL? I don't know too much about this, but it was my impression that they are obligated to release certain code, which they have, but they also use proprietary code on top of that, which they are not obligated to release.

Can you explain more about what makes a company in compliance with the GPL?

09-10-2011, 04:05 AM	#2
charmian Addict Posts: 386 Karma: 1814548 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle PW2	Are Amazon/Kobo/B&N/Sony really in violation of the GPL? I don't know too much about this, but it was my impression that they are obligated to release certain code, which they have, but they also use proprietary code on top of that, which they are not obligated to release. Can you explain more about what makes a company in compliance with the GPL?