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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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