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diff --git a/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00022.txt b/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00022.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a5155d --- /dev/null +++ b/2007/gpl-compliance-tw2007/gpl-compliance/mgp00022.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +GNU GPL - Copyright helps Copyleft +The Linksys case + + +During 2003 the "Linksys" case drew a lot of attention +Linksys was selling 802.11 WLAN Acces Ponts / Routers +Lots of GPL licensed software embedded in the device (included Linux, uClibc, busybox, iptables, ...) +FSF led alliance took the usual "quiet" approach +Linksys bought itself a lot of time +Some source code was released two months later +About four months later, full GPL compliance was achieved + |