LXer: Have many Android vendors lost their rights to distribute Linux?

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LXer: Have many Android vendors lost their rights to distribute Linux?

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08-15-2011, 03:40 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,334 Rep:	LXer: Have many Android vendors lost their rights to distribute Linux? Published at LXer: Have Android OEMs violated the GPL and now forfeited the right to distribute Linux? Does section 4 of the GPL version 2 mean that many (if not all) Android vendors have already lost their rights to distribute Linux? According to an IP litigator, the answer is yes. Edward Naughton, litigator and partner with the lawfirm Brown Rudnick believes that by refusing to make freely available the GPL’d portions of Honeycomb, Google is forcing its OEM partners into a situation of non-compliance with the GPL. Read More...

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