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authorHarald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100
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+More and more vendors of various computing devices, especially network-related
+appliances such as Routers, NAT-Gateways and 802.11 Access Points are using
+Linux and other GPL licensed free software in their products.
+
+While the Linux community can look at this as a big success, there is a back
+side of that coin: A large number of those vendors have a lack of knowledge
+about the GPL license terms, and as a result do not fulfill their obligations
+under the GPL.
+
+GPL-licensed software is neither freeware nor public domain, and it is
+important to know this before you build products on GPL-based software.
+
+The author of this presentation is a developer of GPL-licensed software. He
+has legally enforced the GPL in more than 15 cases internationally. This was
+not avoidable, since the respective businesses either didn't know what the GPL
+means, or maybe even didn't care.
+
+The presentation tries to resolve the misunderstandings and rumours about the
+GNU General Public License. Afterwards, everybody in the audience should have
+a clear idea about the implications of using GPL licensed software in
+commercial projects.
+
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