china buying software

[David Gerard]

On 20 January 2011 19:52, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:26:36 +0000
> David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>> http://lwn.net/Articles/398592/
>> Westinghouse Digital Equipment had to turn over the infringing
>> equipment, i.e. the copies of BusyBox. Westinghouse was bankrupt at
>> the time, so the judge may have decided that was all they had to make
>> good on the violation.

> that's a special case wherein the software is embedded.  I suspect that
> one could make GPLed code availabile and clone the TVs as-is (as it
> were) and legally sell the clones even though the original
> manufacturer cannot due to the court finding them to be in violation.


Yeah, and it turns out it was a default judgement, so the lesson is
"if you're sued, show up."


- d.