china buying software

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:26:36 +0000
David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> In one of the many BusyBox GPL suits (every single one of
> which they win, by the way) they got a pile of televisions with the
> violated code as part of the settlement:
> 
> http://lwn.net/Articles/398592/
> 
> Westinghouse Digital Equipment had to turn over the infringing
> equipment, i.e. the copies of BusyBox. Westinghouse was bankrupt at
> the time, so the judge may have decided that was all they had to make
> good on the violation.

that's a special case wherein the software is embedded.  I suspect that
one could make GPLed code availabile and clone the TVs as-is (as it
were) and legally sell the clones even though the original
manufacturer cannot due to the court finding them to be in violation. 

Cybe R. Wizard
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