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Re: [lpc2000] Re: MMC DOS FAT16 filesystem source available --> GPL implications

2005-11-17 by Micron Engineering

Bryce Schober ha scritto:

>On 11/17/05, Micron Engineering <micronpn@...> wrote:
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>> Ok guys, this i s pure theory. What may happen if anyone changes or
>> extend some part of code? And what happens if anyone include GPL source
>> code in an embedded project and he don't say that? In practice it is
>> virtually impossible to be sure that nobody includes some source code
>> parts extracted from other source codes (not only gpl, lgpl or open
>>source).
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>No, it is not pure theory. It is business ethics. Sure, you can
>disregard them if you want, but don't be surprised when the lawyers
>come to close your business.
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You really think that lawyers may see our source code? Yes ok if they 
pay we may show it to them but if they can't say with absolute security 
that you have infringed some patents or licenses they can't and in 
embedded world (solid state flash to be more precise) is impossible to 
recognize a part of object code as a part of source code illegally used.

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>Bryce Schober
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